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A Quaint Thought From a Time Long Before Manufacturing Consent Was Raised to Art FormI'm a Cleveland, Ohio-based writer, editor and writing coach, with more than 25 years of experience, including stints in Chicago and Washington, D.C. My work has appeared in more than 100 print and online publications, from the New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor to local and regional publications. My work has been recognized by awards (including an Emmy) from four journalism groups.
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I think Abe would have had a blog.
Jim,
Man, could you imagine what that would be like? I'd put a second mortgage on my house to be able to read just a few of those postings. But what would he call it? My vote: "Musings From Beneath the Stovepipe Hat"..
No. It would have been called "The Proverbial Coal Shovel," obvs.
Abe's blog would have likely been focused on living beyond our self-imposed limitations. So I imagine this theme would have been reflected in his blog's title. My vote: If only I had a mustache...
I love that old Abe still gets people talking and reflecting. I've always said that Abe and Einstein are the gifts that keep giving: even a century and a half and a half century, respectively, after their deaths, more books come out on (and sometimes even by) them than almost anyone still alive. There was just a book published recently on Einstein's letters to children; it sold briskly. And I've just purchased a great book on Lincoln's depression, which I'll be commenting on shortly. As some of my readers may recall, earlier this year I published a piece (alas, no longer online) in the Sunday Plain Dealer magazine about the visit of Lincoln's funeral train to Cleveland. It sparked more mail than anything I think I've ever written in 22 years. I'd love to take credit, but the truth is that people never tire of Honest Abe. And it helps that his life and his work embody what Working With Words is all about. He is, simply put, the author of our most important foundational civic scripture, edging out even Jefferson in my mind.
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