There was a homeopath who adored his son and a tanner who exploited his. Two were humble farmers offering practical advice that charmed the nation. Three were diplomats, two being Ambassadors to Great Britain, one of them being the first to serve… Read More ›
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Adams Snubs Washington’s Birthday & His Snarky Top 10 List on GW
The second President liked the first President well enough, but he wasn’t all gaga about having The Great One’s birthday celebrated with dance parties, fireworks and parades. In fact, if any one President would surely take fiendish pleasure in knowing… Read More ›
The First President Captured on Film: McKinley’s 1896 Campaign Song & Commercial
William McKinley is often seen as an important transitional President – at least to those interested in studying some of the real stories behind the headline version of history. It’s true he didn’t have the charisma or excitable speaking style of… Read More ›
The White House New Year’s Day Reception: Good Riddance to a Miserable Tradition
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 ›
The Four Best Presidential Pumpkin Pies: From the first Adams and Johnson, Ike & Reagan
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 ›
Mitt Romney Follows Father’s Footsteps & Other Candidates’ Kids Who Went for the Gold
How do those kids feel, standing on podiums behind their fathers as they concede defeat in their race for the presidency? Nobody’s asked Mitt Romney. Yet. Not that he doesn’t have a good politically strategic reason for avoiding the issue… Read More ›
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