In the pages that follow, a collection of NEWSWEEK writers contribute essays on things they think are important—arguments, insights and facts that can form the raw material for all sorts and conditions of stories. From Lincoln vs. Darwin to war presidents to whether politicians should pander, the issues raised will take you on excursions into the past or to unexpected precincts in the present.
Lincoln was the commander in chief of the Union armies that triumphed at Chattanooga. Understanding that greatness and humility are not mutually exclusive, he was always essential but not central in the drama that played inside his own head. When a Northern minister visited the White House during the Civil War and told the president how glad he was that God was on the Union's side, Lincoln corrected him, saying: "Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side." He knew that pride goeth before a fall, and courage is not the same thing as hubris. That is a story worth telling ourselves often.
With Jeneen Interlandi, Sarah Kliff and Richard Wolffe
© 2008
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Your answer for the first question of "Take Your Brain for a Spin," page 6, July 14, was incorrect. In addition to Washington, Grant and Eisenhower, Andrew Jackson was a Major General and Zachary Taylor was a Brigadier General.
Your answer for the first question of "Take Your Brain for a Spin," page 6, July 14, was incorrect. In addition to Washington, Grant and Eisenhower, Andrew Jackson was a Major General and Zachary Taylor was a Brigadier General.
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