Every summer, like clockwork, our planet comes under siege. As blockbuster season sets in, a familiar scene inevitably unfolds in multiplexes across the country: aliens, natural disasters, or vengeful baddies are unleashed upon major metropolitan areas. The earth cracks, buildings crumble, and untold thousands are lost in the rubble. And we in the audience are […]
Civil War
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“The Whipping Man”
“The Whipping Man” by Matthew Lopez begins in desolation and ends with not much more than a speck of hope — a meager sense of opportunity if the characters can somehow overcome years (even centuries) of experience (and history).
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Looking for Lincoln
It’s hard to imagine that any part of President Abraham Lincoln’s life remains unexamined. If he’s not the most written-about president, the Great Emancipator certainly must be high on the list. But Noah Andre Trudeau, author of several books about the Civil War, says that in the rush to get to “the big story” — […]
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Lincoln’s epiphany
It’s one thing to read about history; it’s quite another to be staring down at a letter written by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862. In the letter, addressed to Senator James A. McDougal, Lincoln makes a bold suggestion: the Civil War could be ended if slave owners were compensated monetarily. In other words, instead of […]
