Frederick Douglass called it "a sacred effort," and Lincoln himself thought that his Second Inaugural, which offered a theodicy of the Civil War, was better than the Gettysburg Address
Conservatives think they are righting a historical wrong, but the two decisions represent entirely different approaches to the law.
Archaeologists announced today the "first solid evidence" that some 17th-century American colonists consumed one another.
States have a duty to protect civilians—and that requires transparency when they're hurt or killed, the UN special rapporteur on human rights argued.
James Fallows takes stock of Bush's effort to sell Americans on his "troop surge" plan.