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Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" has been a box-office hit and nominated for 12 Academy Awards, including best picture, best director and best actor for Daniel Day-Lewis, who portrayed our 16th president. I haven't seen the movie; therefore, this column is not about the movie but about a man deified by many.

Strangers to Self-importance

by: Mark Shields

This past week, I sat for an hour-long, one-on-one interview with Brian Lamb, the man who created C-SPAN, where citizens could see and hear, frequently unscripted, the public officials whose decisions shape and touch their lives.

What the meaning of 'infringe' is...

by: Kevin McCullough

And now boys and girls, it's time for "Fun with Words!" Today's featured contestants are Vice President Joe Biden and a man whose television ratings are so bad it's a wonder he still has a job, Piers Morgan.

Perhaps its because he was disgraced in scandal--in his beloved England--getting caught publishing fake photographs of British troops committing fake atrocities in Iraq. But whatever reason, American television viewers consistently overlook him when choosing prime time viewing.

Making the Media Rounds

by: Jennifer Brandt

Turtle vs. the hare; lost the battle, but won the war; it’s not over until the fat lady sings. We’ve heard them all before, but now it’s truer then ever; the end of Election 2012 is so close and it’s a sprint to the finish for both candidates.

Obama's Hate Couture Divas

by: Michelle Malkin

Talk about wearing your politics on your sleeve. An elitist clique of fashion designers has banded together to raise money for celebrity-in-chief Barack Obama and browbeat their customers into supporting him. Even worse, the Beautiful People who dress the Powerful People are putting increased pressure on conservatives to stay out of the business altogether.

Out: Haute couture. In: Hate couture.

Why President Optimal Isn't

by: Kevin McCullough

Optimal is an odd word. Those of us who use words for a living, like to play with their nuance, their sound, even play them in our heads long before we put them on paper or speak them.

At least most of us do.

Those who edit my written words have gotten hugely frustrated with me. My syntax, grammar, and even meaning have sometime--in their opinions--been left askew because I wanted to insist on using a certain word, or using it in a certain context, or order of words.