I went to judge a national debate tournament and came away less worried about the teenagers than the politicians and pundits who argue just like them.
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
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Mary Todd Lincoln Reconsidered
Abraham Lincoln’s widow has been lampooned as a narcissistic nut job, but her life of pain and loss was far more nuanced.
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Mary Todd Lincoln Reconsidered
Abraham Lincoln’s widow has been lampooned as a narcissistic nut job, but her life of pain and loss was far more nuanced.
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The Lost Lincoln-Douglas Debate at the Trump Saloon!
The Washington Monthly unearths the unknown 1858 debate in which the very nasty–and, frankly, very rude–press corps is totally unfair to Mr. Lincoln, our second greatest president after Donald J. Trump.
