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Andrew Ferguson

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Andrew Ferguson is the author of Land of Lincoln: Adventure’s in Abe’s America. He is a senior editor at The Weekly Standard magazine and has written for The New Yorker, the New Republic, The Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and many others.

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Remembering President George H. W. Bush With Chase Untermeyer And Andrew Ferguson

interview with Andrew Ferguson, Chase Untermeyervia Uncommon Knowledge
Monday, December 17, 2018

Former speechwriters and a former ambassador join together to remember the legacy of President George H. W. Bush.

Podcast: Remembering President George H. W. Bush with Chase Untermeyer and Andrew Ferguson
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Remembering President George H. W. Bush with Chase Untermeyer and Andrew Ferguson

interview with Andrew Ferguson, Chase Untermeyervia Uncommon Knowledge
Thursday, December 13, 2018

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Former speechwriters and a former ambassador join together to remember the legacy of President George H. W. Bush.

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Matthew Continetti and Andrew Ferguson discuss Donald Trump’s nomination
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Donald Trump And Conservative Intellectuals

interview with Matthew Continetti, Andrew Fergusonvia Uncommon Knowledge
Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Where do conservatives fit in the Trump administration?

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The Bill of Wrongs

by Andrew Fergusonvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Visitors to the National Archives, please check your reverence at the door.

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Joseph Epstein and Andrew Ferguson discuss the state of liberal arts education on Uncommon Knowledge

with Joseph Epstein, Andrew Fergusonvia Uncommon Knowledge
Friday, May 31, 2013

This week on Uncommon Knowledge, authors Joseph Epstein and Andrew Ferguson discuss where liberal arts came from and what has happened to them. Liberal arts, they say, emerged from an ancient stream of thought, learning, and belief about what is important in life, yet liberal arts degrees are not held in high regard today. (30:57)

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Gerard Baker and Andrew Ferguson on Uncommon Knowledge

The conservative newsroom

with Andrew Ferguson, Gerard Bakervia Uncommon Knowledge
Monday, November 28, 2011

Gerard Baker is deputy editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal and Andrew Ferguson is a senior editor at the Weekly Standard. His most recent book is Crazy U: One Dad’s Crash Course at Getting His Kids into College. They discuss, with Hoover research fellow Peter Robinson, journalism: its creative impulses, profit margins, and the monochromatic newsroom.

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Andrew Ferguson — Crazy U

with Andrew Fergusonvia Uncommon Knowledge
Monday, April 18, 2011

A speechwriter for President George H. W. Bush, Andrew Ferguson is now a senior editor at the Weekly Standard. The author of Fools’ Names and Land of Lincoln, Ferguson’s most recent book is entitled Crazy U: One Dad’s Crash Course in Getting His Kid Into College.

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Andrew Ferguson and Rob Long compare and contrast the rhetoric of Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln.

Ferguson and Long on Obama, Lincoln, and More

by Peter M. Robinsonwith Andrew Ferguson, Rob Longvia Uncommon Knowledge
Monday, February 16, 2009

How close in style and substance is Barack Obama to Abraham Lincoln, one of our greatest presidents, who also hailed from Illinois and emerged from a humble background to lead our nation in a time of crisis? Ferguson and Long examine the first inaugural addresses of both men to explore the parallels between the two and offer insights into how President Obama will guide our nation. (36:54 ) Video transcript

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No Child Left Alone

by Andrew Fergusonvia Hoover Digest
Wednesday, January 16, 2008

A thorough education—in government intrusion. By Andrew Ferguson.

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Land of Lincoln

by Peter M. Robinsonwith Andrew Fergusonvia Uncommon Knowledge
Tuesday, July 10, 2007

"Abraham Lincoln hasn’t been forgotten, but he’s shrunk … That earlier Lincoln, that large Lincoln, seems to be slipping away." So writes author Andrew Ferguson. Here Ferguson brings that "large" Lincoln back into view and offers insights into how Lincoln shaped himself into one of the nation’s great wartime leaders and perhaps its greatest presidential orator. He answers the fundamental question of why does Lincoln still matter. (28:46) Video transcript

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