George Washington made it clear he didn’t want to be treated, addressed or in any other way thought of as a King. He was the President of a democracy. And although regal in his public demeanor, he took no actions… Read More ›
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Former Presidents Who Attended Inaugurations – And Didn’t
They may not like him, but they’ll be there. Despite the fact that Bill Clinton’s wife ran a hard campaign against the president-elect for the presidency, that Jimmy Carter spoke of him as a danger and that George W…. Read More ›
Presidents Voting Photos: A Clue to Chief Executive Ego
Living before a perpetual public eye, they’re intensely self-conscious. And that’s how most of them have wanted it to be. Before discovering they can literally get the attention of the whole world by slipping on a tarmac, carrying a garment… Read More ›
All the Presidents’ Campaign Posters: Stars & Stripes Every Which Way
The art of politics is a deft game, played in many shades of many colors. Unlike presidential campaign posters, which inevitably uses red, white and blue. There is an art to everything, certainly when it comes to electing a President… Read More ›
Obama Fourth President to Visit Cuba: Coolidge, FDR & Truman Went Too
News this week that President Barack Obama intends to visit the communist island nation of Cuba before his term is over in just over eleven months from now, has prompted the media to hail the pending visit as the… Read More ›
Private Pools of the Presidents: A Photo Essay
Not every President has a private estate where they beat the heat of Washington by taking a running jump into a cool pool. But they do have the White House and Camp David. Both the primary presidential residence and the… Read More ›
The Presidents, Swimsuit Edition: Trunks to Tees to Plain Naked
Roosevelt wore one with a tanktop. Kennedy, Reagan, LBJ, Nixon and Obama sported the more familiar trunk suits. Truman slipped into what almost looks like a 1940s Speedo. John Quincy Adams, among others, wore nothing at all. In most parts… Read More ›
First Lady President: Hillary Clinton’s Ignored First Lady Factor
So much has been said about her. And yet, so much has barely been uttered. Specifically, the fact that even after four years as Secretary of State and six years as United States Senator, the most practical experience which provides… Read More ›
White House Staff Reveal Private Life of Presidents & First Ladies
The new book, The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by former Bloomberg News reporter Kate Brower, is making waves. The media dustup is not just over the book’s personal revelations about recent Presidents and First Ladies,… Read More ›
St. Patrick’s Day & The Presidents: Shamrocks, Leprechauns, and Some Visits to the Old Sod
Since the days of Thomas Jefferson, various, individual Presidents have chosen to commemorate St. Patrick’s Day. For much of the 19th century and early 2oth century, it was a matter intended less to honor Irish-Americans and more to seek the… Read More ›
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