I'm not sure Lincoln would fare well if he were a presidential candidate today.

Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript, though maybe a teleprompter could have helped that!

If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective.

I love mysteries, and I read them every night before I go to bed.

The more I have studied Lincoln, the more I have followed his thought processes, the more I am convinced that he understood leadership better than any other American president.

In Lincoln's day a President's religion was a very private affair. There were no public prayer meetings, no attempts to woo the Religious Right. Few of Lincoln's countrymen knew anything at all of his religious beliefs.

Maybe I will write a memoir, perhaps I'll do some essays, or maybe I will write a mystery story.