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Lucas Morel
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Lucas E. Morel is associate professor of politics at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Dr. Morel holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Claremont Graduate School and is a member of the scholarly advisory committee of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. He is the author of Lincoln’s Sacred Effort: Defining Religion’s Role in American Self-Government and editor of Ralph Ellison and the Raft of Hope: A Political Companion to "Invisible Man" (2004). As an adjunct fellow of the Ashbrook Center, he writes a monthly op-ed on American current affairs. He is also a contributing editor to Books and Culture: A Christian Review.

War and Remembrance in Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address
  by Lucas Morel  (On Principle, February 2009)

Bush’s State of the Union Address: Paving the Road to Freedom
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, February 2005)

The Disaffirmation of Black Law Students
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, November 2004)

John Kerry’s Big Night: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, July 2004)

Barack Obama: A Republican Soul Trapped Inside a Democrat’s Body
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, July 2004)

The Ambiguous Legacy of Brown
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, May 2004)

Witnessing Mel Gibson’s "Passion"
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, March 2004)

The State of the Union and Bush’s Presidential Campaign
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, January 2004)

The Triumphs and Travails of Phillis Wheatley
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, December 2003)

A Heart for Learning in Harlem
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, October 2003)

Equality, Liberty and American Diversity
  by Lucas Morel  (On Principle, May 2003)

The Perils of Saying "Diversity" in Public
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, May 2003)

A Judicial Role Call on Affirmative Action, Part II: The Conservative Wing
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, April 2003)

A Judicial Role Call on Affirmative Action, Part I: The Liberal Wing
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, April 2003)

A Union of Freedom and Responsibility
  by Lucas Morel   (Editorial, January 2003)

New-School Diversity vs. Old-School Affirmative Action
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, January 2003)

Black Ambivalence about Affirmative Action? A Grand Opportunity for the Republican Party
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, January 2003)

The Choice for Peace
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, April 2002)

A Dreamer Worth Remembering
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, January 2002)

Broader College Acceptance Standards, For Better and Worse
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, November 2001)

America’s Racial Divide: Of Debts Spoken and Unspoken
  by Lucas Morel  (On Principle, June 2001)

In God Ohio Can Still Trust
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, March 2001)

Room at the Political Inn for Religion?
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, February 2001)

Bush Reinaugerates America’s Promise
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, January 2001)

Election 2000: The Debate Between Presidental Means and Ends
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, October 2000)

The University of Wisconsin Discloses a New Kind of Racial Profiling
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, September 2000)

Bush Looks for Willing Hearts in the NAACP
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, July 2000)

Federal Court Tells Ohio to Set Aside Set-Asides
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, June 2000)

The McCain Withdrawal: When Reform Trumped Republicanism
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, March 2000)

Court Rules that Cheap Speech is Better than Free Speech
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, January 2000)

The Democrats Peddle Racial Politics in Iowa
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, January 2000)

Faith and Philosophy Take Center Stage in Iowa
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, December 1999)

True Campaign Finance Reform
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, October 1999)

Our Second Education President
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, October 1999)

Does the NAACP Still Believe In King’s Dream?
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, August 1999)

Clinton’s Racial Policy Profile
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, June 1999)

Affirmative In-action?
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, April 1999)

China Finds a Hero in Lincoln?
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, April 1999)

Impeachable Character?
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, January 1999)

Putting the Party Back in Politics
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, December 1998)

Why Impeachment Makes Sense
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, September 26, 1998)

Should America Be Blind to Race?
  by Lucas Morel  (On Principle, August 1998)

Clinton’s Non-Apology
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, August 1998)

Color-Blind or Color-Bind?
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, July 1998)

Decision Time for Blacks
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, June 1998)

The Line Item Veto: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, April 1998)

Jesse Jackson Finds Wall Street Bullish on Diversity
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, February 03, 1998)

Why the Clinton Allegations Matter
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, January 1998)

President Off Mark in Talks about Race
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, December 08, 1997)

Government’s Role is Not to Patronize Minority Citizens
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, November 12, 1997)

Prop 209: Relearning the Lesson of Human Equality
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, September 1997)

Clinton’s Affirmative De-activation
  by Lucas Morel  (Editorial, June 1997)



 


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