Word: lincolner
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What we need going forward is third-way patriotism, a new patriotism that blends the faith of our fathers with, as Lincoln said, the unfinished work remaining before us. That new patriotism, as Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer write in The True Patriot, means "appreciating not only what is great about our country but also what it takes to create and sustain greatness." That formulation is what this campaign should be about: defining America's course in the 21st century. The candidates may have different views on what makes us proud to be Americans, but they share a belief...
...After the pasting the G.O.P. took in 2006, Republican pols like Crist and Schwarzenegger vowed to pull the party "back to its roots," says Crist, "to the moderate, commonsense leadership tradition of Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan. In Senator McCain we've nominated the best guy to carry that message." And in Florida, it's a banner whose colors will likely have to be more green than...
...attack so deeply traumatizes a child that she doesn't want to be near birds again. Nevertheless, "it's startling," says David Willard, manager of the bird collection at the Field Museum, who has himself been attacked by a red wing. In previous years, Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo has hoisted signs near ponds warning its patrons: "Red Wing Black Birds in the Area. Walk Around...
This is a bad road to travel. Abraham Lincoln described the presidency as an office that would drive a man to his knees. We should not be making it harder for Presidents to find solace. And their preachers should be able to mount the pulpit and speak from the heart, without obsessing over what it will look like on YouTube. Is there a reason we can't get this relationship right? I don't agree with secular critics that a pluralist democracy has to be a religion-free zone, if only because it's unrealistic to expect voters or candidates...
...Obama has said he admires Doris Kearns Goodwin's wonderful Lincoln biography, Team of Rivals. "He talks about it all the time," says a top aide. He is particularly intrigued by the notion that Lincoln assembled all the Republicans who had run against him for President in his war Cabinet, some of whom disagreed with him vehemently and persistently. "The lesson is to not let your ego or grudges get in the way of hiring absolutely the best people," Obama told me. "I don't think the American people are fundamentally ideological. They're pragmatic ... and so I have...