#gettysburg-address

Lincoln Legacy

Two centuries and fifty years ago our founders brought into this world, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the…

The Writer Who Defined America Like No Other

On hallowed and still-bloody ground in 1863, Abraham Lincoln’s artistry laid out forever the promise of a Democratic Nation.

Four Score and Seven Word Salads Ago

Donald Trump, the Gettysburg Address, and the Ongoing War on Knowing Things

History of the Gettysburg Address

Abraham Lincoln’s brief magnum opus

Weaving Through History: Your Favorite Time-Traveling President at Gettysburg, November 3, 1863

THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS — A CLASSIC IN PRESIDENTIAL RHETORIC

PERHAPS THE GREATEST SPEECH EVER DELIEVERED BY AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT

Desecration in Washington

. . . a scene from my 2007 novel, Glass half-Full

Capitolburg Redress

Twelve score and four years ago, our forefathers ratified a Constitution, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all…

Lincoln at Gettysburg

The Words That Remade America by Gary Wills

Voynich Reconsidered: the “truncation effect” (Part 2)

In a previous article on this platform, I reported on some statistical tests on the Voynich manuscript, relating to what I called the…