In the summer of 1859, a year before his election to the U.S. presidency, Abraham Lincoln received a curious letter in the ...

The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin. As a student of leadership, I found it one of the most insightful books on the theme. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and ...

On April 15, 1865, the Civil War had just ended, the 16th U.S. president had been killed. How would Americans respond?

It seems as if Tammany Hall, the most well-known example of a “political machine,” has faded into the void at the center of ...

Biden on Tuesday gave his first public address since leaving office to a gathering of disability advocates here and warned that the new Trump administration is “devastating” the retirement program.

They likely aren’t the words distinguished orators like Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan or Barack Obama might have chosen to ...

Ashley became the driving force for the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, legally ending slavery forever. [Jerry Klinger] ...

Tax season is coming to a close. File an extension if you won't get your returns to the IRS or Iowa Department of Revenue on ...

OPINION- It’s the middle of April in twenty-five, and hardly a man or woman is now alive who knows by heart the opening of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem that once was memorized by ...

President Donald Trump’s ever-evolving trade policy veered in another direction last week when the president announced he was pausing certain tariffs on many countries — but not China — for ...

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The share of before-tax income going to the richest 1% of taxpayers has more than doubled in the last half-century. This massive upward redistribution of income was primarily a result ...