In 2008, Matthew Pinsker produced an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times that challenged the way then President-Elect Barack Obama was interpreting the popular study of the Lincoln Administration (Team of Rivals) by presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Pinsker’s short essay has been reproduced online by The Journal Divided allowing students to gain direct access to the sources that he used so they can decide for themselves.
- The Myth of Rivals (original publication, LA Times)
- The Myth of Rivals (Teaching Edition from Journal Divided)