It’s the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. Here’s the Americus Brass Band performing “Battle Cry of Freedom” and “Kingdom Come” on civil war instruments.

I’m still on hospital duty today, so bear with me on the blogging schedule.

Ed Kilgore

Ed Kilgore is a political columnist for New York and managing editor at the Democratic Strategist website. He was a contributing writer at the Washington Monthly from January 2012 until November 2015, and was the principal contributor to the Political Animal blog.