The Leak in the American Canoe.

“With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.” — Abraham Lincoln (1858 Presidential Debate with Stephen Douglas).

A Cold Day Grows Colder.

“A House divided against itself, cannot stand.” — Abraham Lincoln, same year.

A cold, wet wind blows across the tarmacs at Chicago-O’Hare-Airport; even as the sky darkens, planes continue to roll unimpeded. The airport — already fit to bursting with international traffic — has a frantic pace…