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From Civil War to Civil Rights, and Some Thoughts on Sleeping In

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Chris Mackowski

My university used to hold classes on Martin Luther King, Jr., Day—a policy I wholeheartedly supported. I used the opportunity to spend time in my writing classes looking at the masterful craftsmanship of King’s rhetoric. People tend to remember him … Continue reading →

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The Land of Lincoln and the Defense of the Icon

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Chris Mackowski

The Lincoln Memorial looked like frost tonight. The flurry that had blanketed the lawn white earlier in the day had been glazed with rain and then turned to ice, so the whole landscape shimmered under the Memorial’s lights.

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The Crux of It

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Chris Mackowski

I saw this inscription today at the Lincoln Memorial, on one of the displays in the exhibit space beneath the memorial. I think it pretty much gets to the crux of the matter:

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