Two hundred years after his birth, what is the legacy of Abraham Lincoln? ...more

February 28, 2009

Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, in separate, emotional Presidents Day interviews with ESPN's Peter Gammons, admitted using performance-enhancing drugs. ...more

February 16, 2009

Little Abe Lincoln tugged at his fuzz and made a confession. ...more

February 14, 2009

Suddenly Abe Lincoln is hot because ... It's his 200th birthday on Thursday? There's a big screen bio-film in the works starring Liam Neeson? ...more

February 11, 2009

The small, red Bible used to swear in Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama will go on rare public display to mark the 200th anniversary of the 16th president's birth. ...more

February 10, 2009

Next month, Barack Obama will catch a train in Philadelphia and trace the route Abraham Lincoln followed to Washington for his inauguration. ...more

December 28, 2008

One of my favorite albums of all time is "Club Wig," the eponymous debut of a band from Tuscaloosa, Ala. The band existed in one form or another from 1984 - at the time, anyone who wanted could get up and play with the band; drums consisted of two cardboard boxes -- until (I think) 1987. ...more

December 26, 2008

"The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy From 1860 to Now," edited by Harold Holzer (Library of America, $40) ...more

December 21, 2008

An 80-year-old former advertising and publishing executive, Thomas S. Monson, was named on Monday to be the 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, one week after the death of the previous president, Gordon B. Hinckley. ...more

February 5, 2008