Tag: Abraham Lincoln

When Presidents Kill

History is littered with examples of tyrants using the powers of the state to kill for no moral purpose, writes Andrew P. Napolitano.

Into the Memory Hole

Erasure or sublimation of memory makes it easier to shape the present by controlling or editing history. Doing so preserves a mythic version of a country’s identity, postulates Michael Brenner.

Packing the Court

History shows that political contests over the ideological slant of the High Court are nothing new, writes Calvin Schermerhorn.