What we can learn from Abraham Lincoln's greatest mistake

Bipartisanship is overrated

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Ryan Cooper
Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.

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