They had big congressional majorities to pass the New Deal and fund the Union Army. Biden is the rare crisis president without the majorities he needs.
Abraham Lincoln
Posted inPolitical Animal
Like Lincoln at Gettysburg, Biden Promotes Unity in His Closing Argument
The Democratic nominee is running on a progressive platform, but his final pitch to voters is about union not ideology.
Posted inLaw and Justice, Main, Political Animal
What Joe Biden Could Learn From Abraham Lincoln About White-Collar Crime
White-collar crime has real victims. Expanding a Civil War-era law aimed at profiteers would help citizens fight back.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Trump’s Bizarre Obsession with Mount Rushmore
He’s desperate to have his image etched on the monument.
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal, Politics
Abraham Lincoln, Tech Entrepreneur
Unlike Trump, Honest Abe had a mind for science—and it helped Him win the Civil War.
Posted inBooks, Featured, Political Animal
Did Lincoln Take his Cues From Congress?
A new book argues boldly—though not altogether convincingly—that Republican lawmakers had a bigger role in ending slavery than the Great Emancipator himself.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
The Emergence of Abraham Lincoln
How America’s 16th president went from virtual obscurity to ending slavery.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, Main, September/October 2019
Lincoln the Politician
The president most known for his moral vision was also a master political operator.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Abraham Lincoln’s Warning: ‘We Must Not Be Enemies’
How should liberals respond to the fact that the conservative movement has rejected democracy?
Posted inPolitical Animal
What Happens to Democracy When Your Opponent Becomes the Enemy?
The challenge we face feels eerily similar to the one confronted by Abraham Lincoln.
