In a world increasingly shaped by secularism and scientific empiricism, a paradox emerges: the enduring belief that history has direction, meaning and purpose—a secularized form of providentialism.

From the early days of Mary Todd Lincoln to the recent era of Melania Trump, the First Ladies of the United States have ...

And Trump signed an order that flags must be at full height at every future Inauguration Day. The order came because former President Jimmy Carter's death had prompted flags to be at half-staff.

This year 158 students submitted essays addressing this year’s topic: how the writer has seen the country’s polarization ...

His loyalties were to his nation and its young and fragile Constitution. Eventually, he put meaning to those loyalties by voluntarily choosing not to run for a third term. That set a precedent ...

Columnist Charita Goshay writes that a new statue of Abraham Lincoln in Salem reminds us of the promise and power of the American presidency.

Lincoln was a crony capitalist on economic policy, advocating protectionist tariffs, corporate welfare for railroad ...

Letter writers discuss Donald Trump’s second inauguration, addressing climate change with young people, and ‘bullies’ being ...

The then President-Elect addressed 1,000 people as his train stopped while heading to Washington, D.C., for his inauguration.

President Lincoln, regarded by historians as one of the best presidents in history, was born on this day in 1809. He is frequently invoked by Trump.