Lincoln

On this edition of Conversations, Michael J. Gerhardt talks with host Dan Skinner about “Lincoln’s Mentors: The Education of a Leader.” Gerhardt is a…

Some farm-belt towns may follow lead of Des Moines, Iowa, and sue farmers to pay for cleaning water supply.

Just who was Boston Corbett? The man credited with killing John Wilkes Booth has remained both mysterious and elusive to historians. Now, a new book sheds more light on the soldier who killed the actor who shot President Abraham Lincoln. Commentator Rex Buchanan has this review.