Lincoln News

In December The Jewish Museum will launch a new program series, Wish You Were Here.

On Tuesday, Michael Cannon, Cato Institute 's Director of Health Policy Studies spoke to members of Congress that an armed revolt could occur against the federal government if things do not change.

Auditions for the Mark Scarpelli-Dan Kehde contemporary opera "Lincoln" are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at the Capitol Center Theater.

Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., has introduced legislation that would ease massive planned budget cuts under sequestration in 2014 and 2015 in part by lowering the annual cost-of-living adjustment in various benefits for military retirees and veterans, as well as Social Security recipients.

A Civil War Christmas: An American Musical Celebration It's very earnest down by the banks of the Potomac on Christmas Eve , 1864.

The dedication of the National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pa., on Nov. 19, 1863, is one of the most famous occasions in United States history.

"Parthenon" , an image in the Jule Eisenbud Collection on Ted Serios and Thoughtographic Photography In the 1960s, a Denver-based psychiatrist and a man who believed he could take photographs with his thoughts staged a series of experiments with Polaroid instant film.

This is a fantasy. A careless product of wild imagination. And my good friends, Man of Steel is all the better for it.For months, I actively worried about this movie.

Selections from the National Gallery, an exhibition of history-inspired works by Nashville artist Lain York, will be on view in the Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery from January 31, 2014 through May 11, 2014.

Have you ever seen one of those historical pageants put on by museums, high schools, or small-town centennials? You know, the ones where actors portraying famous figures and average citizens rely on short vignettes and direct-address narration to convey information about the past? The brief, disconnected scenes are always more interested in ticking ... (more)

Keep in mind, I'm 26 years old. My definition of all time doesn't actually include all of time.

Norman Mailer once said that Marilyn Monroe "lived in a swamp of legends, lies, and factoids."

During a congressional committee hearing about the constitutional limits imposed on the presidency and the implications of President Barack Obama 's disregard for implementing the Affordable Care Act as written, one expert testified that the consequences of the president's behavior were potentially grave.

Possibly the dumbest argument against a governor for the GOP nominee in 2016 is that Abraham Lincoln wasn't a governor.

You don't always realize the importance of context until you take it away. I was chatting with a source recently as we waited for an elevator to take us to a meeting.

There is a terrific Abraham Lincoln quote that sums up the Entrepreneurial Spark view of how inclusive entrepreneuring should be.

Christopher Evan Welch, who appeared onstage in numerous plays, in films including Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" and "Lincoln," Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" and Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," as well as on television, died early Monday at a Los Angeles hospital, his agency Paradigm confirmed.

For millions of obsessed fans, "The Walking Dead" mid-season break can bring about a serious case of zombie withdrawal.

With just weeks to go before Pennsylvania selects two recipients of a City Revitalization and Improvement Zone , Reading officials are crossing their fingers.

That was the question Northport resident Michael John Sullivan and his two daughters were joking about five years ago during an August family barbecue, when an idea struck - maybe they go time traveling, he thought.