Perspective
Dec. 18, 2012
Fiscal cliff negotiations: Lessons from Lincoln
Since the film focuses on Lincoln's effort to end slavery by pushing the 13th Amendment through a sharply divided Congress, the urge to distill lessons from that experience is irresistible. By Thomas Stipanowich
Our president wishes to be seen as emulating our 16th chief executive, and now by happy accident Steven Spielberg's opus "Lincoln" has opened amid a super-heated political struggle over the future of our national economy that may define success or failure for Barack Obama and Congress. Since the film focuses on Lincoln's effort to end slavery by pushing the 13th Amendment through a sharply divided Congress, the urge to d...
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