D.L. Fowler's Blog, page 4
February 8, 2015
Building Blocks of Abraham Lincoln’s Personality
��During a decade of research into the life of Abraham Lincoln, I���ve become convinced that history is not about events. It���s about people. People cause the events that we call history. They are its roots. As such, we must study people to understand our past and learn the lessons they can teach. I���ve captured my […]
July 26, 2014
Lincoln suffered from PTSD?
Abe Lincoln was anything but normal in many ways, including behavior that demonstrated hyper-vigilance, suicidal thoughts, exposing himself to mortal dangers, extreme emotional swings, unexpected eruptions, etc. After almost drowning in a creek at 7 years old, his mother died when he was 9. He sat on her grave during a storm to be sure […]
July 25, 2014
Lincoln’s Blackouts
Originally posted on DL Fowler's Blog:
Lincoln’s law partner, Herndon, described episodes when he’d find Lincoln sitting in a catatonic state from which he couldn’t be aroused. Often there’d be a book of poetry in his lap. No one has any idea of what went on in Lincoln’s head during those episodes. He never…
Lincoln’s law partner, Herndon, described episodes when he’d find Lincoln sitting in a catatonic state from which he couldn’t be aroused. Often there’d be a book of poetry in his lap. No one has any idea of what went on in Lincoln’s head during those episodes. He never…
July 23, 2014
Exploring Lincoln’s Psychology
Was Lincoln the most successful white-collar psychopath in American history? His psychology suggests he suffered from personality “disorders” that are common to red-collar psychopaths (violent criminals.) But in his case, those same traits likely enabled his greatest contributions to American society. While I don’t claim to be a psychologist or a expert on the subject […]
July 21, 2014
Fact or Factoid
A factoid is a little piece of truth, or a false statement that gets repeated often enough it becomes accepted as the whole truth. I saw this on Twitter – We the people are the rightful masters, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. Abraham Lincoln. It got […]
May 25, 2014
Perfection
Yesterday I walked three miles (roundtrip) for a beer. I don’t mind walking or even drinking by myself; gives me time to sit back, observe and reflect. I overheard one conversation about wind turbines – mostly about their faults. Another group was building a list of the negative unintended consequences of the recent health-care act. […]
April 14, 2014
Abraham Lincoln���s Faith
Abraham Lincoln���s faith is best summarized by his response Connecticut Congressman H.C. Deming during the Civil War, just a few years before his death. The congressman asked Lincoln why he had never joined a church. Lincoln answered, ���When any church will inscribe over its altar as its sole qualification for membership the Savior���s condensed statement […]
Abraham Lincoln’s Faith
Abraham Lincoln’s faith is best summarized by his response Connecticut Congressman H.C. Deming during the Civil War, just a few years before his death. The congressman asked Lincoln why he had never joined a church. Lincoln answered, “When any church will inscribe over its altar as its sole qualification for membership the Savior’s condensed statement […]
March 28, 2014
Lincoln Scholarship – an evolution
Writing about Lincoln is tricky, in part because today’s author must reconcile three distinct periods of Lincoln scholarship that take different slants on who he was and what he believed. During the first period (the demi-God era, including biographies written from the time of his death until the early 20th century), Lincoln’s wife, Mary Todd, […]
December 12, 2013
Abraham Lincoln’s Core Principle
This will be short. I grew up thinking Abraham Lincoln had a moral compass that always pointed North and made him superior to the rest of us. That he was passionate about Liberty and Justice for All, while we are mostly focused on liberty and justice for us. As I sit here doing one more […]
