Abe Lincoln: Words of Wisdom

200 years ago, one of America’s best presidents was born in a one-room cabin in Kentucky. Abraham Lincoln was the U.S. president during the American Civil War and is most famous for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, a set of executive orders that served to end slavery in the United States.

Lincoln’s words …

This week, America took the first steps back towards realizing the ideals “for which it stands.” We have once again declared that our policy and practice does not permit torture.

America has historically been known as a country that behaved with honor and dignity. We didn’t “play dirty.” Americans fought and won the …

This post could have been titled Tears of Joy! I find myself getting weepy as I watch the ceremony and celebration that marks this most American of traditions, the peaceful transition of power.

The historic significance of the election, and today, the inauguration, of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States …

Yes we did.

Walt Whitman, 1884, A Poem for Election Day (excerpt):

If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show,

Twould not be you, Niagara - nor you, ye limitless prairies - nor your huge rifts of canyons, Colorado,

Nor you, Yosemite - nor Yellowstone, with all its spasmic …

I was, as my British friends might say, gobsmacked, when I heard that the son of conservative icon William F. Buckley, Christopher Buckley, endorsed and plans to vote for Barack Obama in the upcoming presidential election.

Well, it’s true, I’ve always said I have no problems with honest conservatives, being one half the time myself. …

I came across these photos this weekend and just felt like sharing.

I really like this one, taken moments before the debate began on Friday. The quiet confidence, the last minute deep breath and getting centered reminds me of how I approach big challenges.

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Here we see the …