If former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney wins today’s Iowa caucus or proves to otherwise be the 2012 Republican presidential candidate, one element of his potential candidacy might prove a relief of at least one issue the Obama re-election campaign may… Read More ›
In June of 1977, President Jimmy Carter met the legendary mime Marcel Marceau backstage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Reportedly, nothing of note was spoken between them. Continue reading →
Resolutions, college football bowl games, parades, gym renewals, and January first’s first-born child: New Year’s Day customs give people hope, happiness or distraction. Swollen feet, pneumonia and confrontation do not. Which explains the silent death of the legendary White House… Read More ›
If a picture is worth a thousand words, here is a small book’s worth of stories about what one glimpses in the White House when one’s lucky enough to be among the few thousands of guests invited to the President’s… Read More ›
Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does. Everything has been figured out except how to live. Sartre Life is tough enough. Might as well do the easy… Read More ›
Evita Peron – Juan Peron – Nicolea Ceauşescu – Jimmy Carter – Elvis Presley Born Eva Duarte but globally renowned as “Evita,” the First Lady of Argentina (1946-1952) initially found fame as a stage actor, model, film actor and… Read More ›
“Puritanism,” said legendary wit H. L. Mencken, “is the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” Clearly, Mencken never pawed through the court record of Plymouth Colony‘s first generations of Pilgrims. In them, one finds eye-popping details of every… Read More ›
When it comes to Presidents, the quality of political policy is entirely inconsistent with that of their pumpkin pie. There’s not even a preference for pumpkin over mince, for example, among those regularly rated as either the “best” (like… Read More ›
Marilyn Monroe to Ronald Reagan to Donald Rumsfeld to Saddam Hussein to Jacques Chirac to Shimon Perez to Madonna Ciccone to Brittany Spears In the spring of 1945, during World War II, when actor Ronald Reagan was Commanding Officer of… Read More ›
There’s something new – and something old, in the news that former First Daughter Chelsea Clinton has been hired by NBC Nightly News as a special correspondent for its frequent “Making a Difference” segments which focus on volunteers striving to… Read More ›
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