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Abraham Lincoln
October 28, 2013
Michael Schaffer
What If POLITICO Had Covered the Civil War?
Playbook, Emancipation Day Edition
July 31, 2013
Hana N. Rouse
The 7 Best and 6 Worst Depictions of Politicians in Film and TV
March 4, 2013
Paul Lukas
It's Time for a New President—on Our Coins
January 16, 2013
Nate Cohn
Americans Back Obama's Gun Control Plan, But That's Not Enough
January 10, 2013
Timothy Noah
Tony Kushner's Real Source For "Lincoln"?
January 9, 2013
Stephen L. Carter
"Borking" Hagel? Just What the Founding Fathers Would Have Wanted
December 21, 2012
Charles Fried
Torture, America, and the Laws of War
December 21, 2012
Sean Wilentz
Lincoln in Hollywood, from Griffith to Spielberg
October 5, 2012
Thomas Mallon
Mugabe and Me
June 21, 2012
Sean Wilentz
Efficacy and Democracy
April 30, 2012
Geoffrey Kabaservice
Should Obama Run as a Populist? Part One of a TNR Symposium
April 11, 2012
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Barack Obama, Heir To The Confederacy
February 20, 2012
Akhil Reed Amar
Two Cheers For the American Presidency!
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The Collector
Did a famed connoisseur of political memorabilia commit an audacious crime?
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The Mirage
The long and tragical history of post-partisanship, from Washington to Obama.
October 26, 2011
Timothy Noah
My Second-Favorite Republican Innovation ...
September 28, 2011
Steven Hahn
Capital Tracks
August 8, 2011
Jonathan Chait
The Millenialist Temptation
July 30, 2011
John B. Judis
If Obama Likes Lincoln So Much, He Should Start Acting Like Him
May 20, 2011
Jonathan Chait
Jon Huntsman's Long Game

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