NY Observer > Abraham Lincoln http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/26900/feed Articles from Observer.com en Editorials http://www.observer.com/node/36734 Obama’s America  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36734#comments Abraham Lincoln Barack Obama Eliot Spitzer Thomas DiNapoli Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:00:00 -0500 Observer Staff 36734 at http://www.observer.com Editorials http://www.observer.com/node/37202 Obama’s America  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/37202#comments Abraham Lincoln Eliot Spitzer Thomas DiNapoli Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:00:00 -0500 Observer Staff 37202 at http://www.observer.com Prophecy’s Heroic Prose, The Glue That Unites Us http://www.observer.com/node/36333 Our culture of publicity makes it difficult to talk in negative terms about a new book without sound  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/36333#comments Arts & Culture Abraham Lincoln Greil Marcus John Winthrop Martin Luther King Jr. Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:00:00 -0500 John H. Summers 36333 at http://www.observer.com Prophecy's Heroic Prose, The Glue That Unites Us http://www.observer.com/node/52979 Our culture of publicity makes it difficult to talk in negative terms about a new book without sound  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/52979#comments Arts & Culture Abraham Lincoln Greil Marcus John Summers John Winthrop Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:00:00 -0500 John H. Summers 52979 at http://www.observer.com Don't Ask For That http://www.observer.com/node/30407 I couldn't resist posting this.

Hillary Clinton noted that Abraham Lincoln "didn't hesitate" to change generals during the Civil War, and that said "We have a secretary of defense who is not credible anymore."

John Spencer responded, "Abraham Lincoln changed generals...you're not president yet Mrs. Clinton, so don't call for that." -- Azi Paybarah]]> http://www.observer.com/node/30407#comments Politics Abraham Lincoln Hillary Clinton John Spencer Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:28:13 -0400 Observer Staff 30407 at http://www.observer.com For an Airplane, a Tragedy; For a Writer, an Opportunity http://www.observer.com/node/32943 That Reporter--or, as he called himself, T.R.--sat at his desk and thought about words. It was a Wednesday in New York, and an airplane had hit an apartment building. Had what? Hit it? A building? Yes, it had. Debris had fallen from the sky. Debris lay scattered in the street. Debris and facts.

Who would gather the facts? Other reporters would gather the facts. They were out there, in the rain, the other reporters. Rain was falling, like the debris had fallen. Rain was falling on the other reporters.

But T.R. was thinking about words. Words were his tools, because he was a writer. Perhaps he should start calling himself "T.W." He was not some grunt-working fact-gatherer. T.R. was an interpreter. Other people could gather the bricks and mix the mortar and lay the bricks and plaster the walls and make sure the building stood up and install the plumbing. T.R. was the architect. That was a metaphor. T.R. knew that was a metaphor; that was the sort of thing that a writer would know.

T.R. looked at his screen.  read more »

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]]> http://www.observer.com/node/52674#comments Abraham Lincoln Bob Dylan Portland Ron Rosenbaum Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Observer Staff 52674 at http://www.observer.com Soldiers http://www.observer.com/node/38879 It was not your typical V.F.W. reunion.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38879#comments Style Abraham Lincoln Atlanta California Spain Sun, 21 May 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Observer Staff 38879 at http://www.observer.com In His Daughter’s Eyes: A Partial View of Malamud http://www.observer.com/node/38505 Can you ever really know your parents?  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/38505#comments Arts & Culture Abraham Lincoln Bernard Malamud Eugene Janna Malamud Smith Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Nan Goldberg 38505 at http://www.observer.com In His Daughter's Eyes: A Partial View of Malamud http://www.observer.com/node/51950 Can you ever really know your parents?  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/51950#comments Arts & Culture Abraham Lincoln Bernard Malamud Bernard Malamuds Janna Malamud Smith Sun, 12 Mar 2006 19:00:00 -0500 Nan Goldberg 51950 at http://www.observer.com