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Author coming to KC shows how to win people over in a polarized time: Listen to Lincoln
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoNew biographies of Abraham Lincoln inevitably invite the question: Why does the world need another?...
Perspective: The secret to Abraham Lincoln’s success
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAbraham Lincoln did great things because of a certain trait that he had — cognitive flexibility — that allowed him to work well with his opponents.
Professor: Lawmaker's vague crusade forcing me from department, but truth won't be silenced
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTimothy Messer-Kruse is a professor of ethnic studies at Bowling Green State University. I’ve been a...
Why Ohio's James A. Garfield was more than just an assassinated president
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPresident James A. Garfield was not from Cincinnati. He was from Ohio, though – born in the former...
On New Year's Eve 1862, Black Americans awaited Emancipation. It began a new tradition
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew Year’s Eve is Watch Night. It is Freedom’s Eve. For 160 years, the passage to each new year has...
History is full of examples of political violence, which usually makes things worse
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoPolitical violence does not work. And yet some people think it does. Some political violence is the...
Why Republicans Want and Need a Permanent Economic Underclass
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoOdds are you’ve never heard of the “mudsill theory of labor,” but everybody in this country really...
‘The Conservative Mind’ at 70
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 7 months agoDespite out-of-control government spending, the flagging economy, and a rapidly deteriorating global security situation, conservatives cannot seem to...
Essay winners: Juneteenth lets us remember nation's past while striving for better future
Lansing State Journal via Yahoo News· 4 days agoCorrection: Erin Mauldin is an associate professor at the University of South Florida. Her name was...
Up for debate? Midterm candidates dispute rules and dodge debates in a new campaign normal
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWASHINGTON – After weeks of arguing about dates, locations and rules, Georgia-based Senate...