Thirteen Things about J. Lynne
Remember when The Wizard of Oz was traditionally shown the night of Thanksgiving?
The first Thanksgiving I spent on my own, I ate a meal prepared by Piccadilly Cafeteria and watched the whole first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was the first time I realized I enjoyed spending most [...]
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Land of Lincoln by Andrew Ferguson, an editor at the Weekly Standard, is by far the best book, not just the best nonfiction book, I’ve read all year. Confusedly inspired by protests in Richmond over the dedication of a Lincoln statue, Ferguson, who was a Lincoln buff as a child, begins his journey of [...]
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Lincoln the Unknown
I’ve often said that President Abraham Lincoln is one of my heroes. That’s not really always a popular choice for a Southerner, where some people still consider him a war criminal. (True to my Southern roots, I also think Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis were incredibly great men too — Hey, I’ve [...]
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