William Carney didn’t just carry the flag at Fort Wagner—he hauled the soul of a nation on his back through a storm of lead, and never let it fall.

Friday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, Spotify, and here on our website -- Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, and Phil Wegmann ...

Did you know Abraham Lincoln popularized "Michigander" as an insult? Discover the surprising political jab behind Michigan’s beloved nickname and how it evolved into a badge of pride.

U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar(R-FL) is calling on President Donald Trump to support her bipartisan bill that would grant ...

Yale was a governor and president of the East India Company, which was directly involved in the trafficking of enslaved people. Yale made his first donation in 1813, and in 1845 the college was ...

The words of the Psalmist were on his mind. “If I forget thee,” Abraham Lincoln thought, speaking not at this moment of God’s ...

Lincoln's "Lost Speech" has been called the most important event in Bloomington history, but the journey to a create a mural ...

According to those who keep track of such things, at least 60,000 books have been published about the Civil War.

Lincoln was, as usual, astute. The abolitionist movement in the North was led by Christians convinced that God abhorred slavery. Some were willing to end it by any necessary means, including violence.

In 1858, after winning the Republican nomination for the Senate against incumbent Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln gave a speech that has stood the test of time because of the truth it laid plain ...

COMMENTARY By likening Trump's immigrant-demonization crusade to Lincoln's abolition of slavery, Miami U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salazar risks discrediting her own Lincolnesque immigration reform ...

Alabama Life & Culture Alabama ties to the Lincoln assassination: 3 strange and fascinating tales Published: Jul. 01, 2025, 10:15 a.m.