In rich and captivating prose, Jessica DuLong kindly invites the rest of us on the journey of her lifetime: from a dot-com job to the fabled waters of the Hudson River, where she became a fireboat engineer. This is an… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Scripture is not inerrant; believers are called to interpret biblical texts in light of tradition and reason. — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
As a southerner born after the epic events of the civil rights movement, I've always wondered how on earth people of good will could… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
We are now living in a post-Roosevelt, post-Reagan universe. What comes next will not be post-partisan, because faction is an intrinsic human impulse. — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“his other hand. Sensitive to his guest’s affliction, Churchill realized that “every step” was” — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Too many activists have convinced themselves that they have a monopoly on truth. A little humility and a sense of history could move us… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
In the fullness of time, I suspect that bigotry against homosexuals will seem as repugnant as racial prejudice does today. Or so one hopes. — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Mysteries and thrillers are not the same things, though they are literary siblings. Roughly put, I would say the distinction is that mysteries emphasize… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“When Lincoln was running for the House of Representatives from Illinois, he was charged with being “a scoffer at religion,” wrote the historian William… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“The Man who has not Music in his Soul, Or is not touch’d with Concord of sweet Sounds, Is fit for Treason, Stratagems, and… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
I am an Episcopalian who takes the faith of my fathers seriously, and I would, I think, be disheartened if my own young children… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Only the most unapologetic biblical fundamentalists, for instance, take every biblical injunction literally. If we all took all scripture at the same level of… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
“There was, of course, a more immediate point to frequent gatherings of lawmakers, diplomats, and cabinet officers at the president’s table. It tends to… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
