Assassins and presidents invite the same basic question: Just who do you think you are?

I hated the lost colony.. view

By: Sarah Vowell

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Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we should be on the radio. We don't sound professional.. view

By: Sarah Vowell

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The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War-when I really think about them they all seem about as likely as the parting of the Red Sea... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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Jesus and Lincoln, Moses and Jefferson can seem so long gone, so unbelievable, so dead... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't without pretense. There was this idea in the town that if something was European it would be good... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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I discovered that Robert Todd Lincoln was there for each of the first three assassinations. I wanted to write about the Lincoln Memorial, so when I found out he had attended its dedication, that helped focus it further... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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What are you hiding? No one ever asks that... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Robert Lincoln bought a nice ski lodge... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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I was a big Nancy Drew reader. Nancy figures it out. Case closed... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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The one time I was an actor, it happened to be in a globally dominant juggernaut. That was lucky... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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The whole point of Louis Armstrong is that no one can really figure him out. There was a while where I thought you could try... view

By: Sarah Vowell

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