Politics
Only this weekend and only in New York: The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library
Even the press release from Comedy Central is a laugh riot: NEW YORK, June 13, 2017 – The grand opening …
Just released: JFK speaks from his Harvard past in the earliest known recording of his voice.
Harvard has released what its archivists believe is the earliest voice recording of future president, John F. Kennedy, who, as …
Yes, Virginia. There was a Bowling Green Massacre. A letter rewritten for a much different time.
In 1897, Virginia O’Hanlon was eight years old. She lived in New York City and she wrote a letter to New York’s Sun. …
Show up in person to tell U.S. Senators to fight Trump’s Anti-Science, Climate Denial Cabinet
On January 9th, people in all 50 states will send a message to every US Senator: reject Donald Trump’s reckless …
Trouble at the intersection of Donald Trump, his business interests, & the Emoluments Clause?
Last Friday, the Brookings Institute released a very well-reasoned, 23-page paper that serves as a rather insightful interpretation of the Emoluments Clause found in …
On election eve, remembering the first woman to run for President of the United States. She ran in 1964.
Margaret Chase Smith. Author, politician, U.S. congresswoman, presidential candidate, Smith was born Margaret Madeline Chase on December 14, 1897, in Skowhegan, …
A day after the third Trump and Clinton debate, they’ll be on stage together again. Watch on CSPAN.
Did you know that our presidential candidates, Trump and Clinton, will appear on stage together tonight? They will. According to …
Late draft of Donald Trump’s acceptance speech.(Via Politico, it’s scary.)
We are going to build a great border wall to stop illegal immigration, to stop the gangs and the violence, …
You think this year’s Presidential candidates are odd?
They are. But, it’s not a new phenomenon. There have been some real pips who’ve run for President. Harold Stassen …
Not the best question to ask a gay guy: “So what does your wife do?”
I’m a writer in the financial services and asset management industry. Some years ago, a new manager came to lead …
“It takes no compromise to give people their rights.” Harvey Milk would have turned 90 today.
It was the strangest thing. I wrote a couple of letters yesterday and when they were sealed in their envelopes I reached in …
With a Libertarian agenda and some troublesome baggage, the Smiling Cobra tries to buy goodwill
The following post contains information courtesy of ArtNews, where I first read this story; writer and ArtNews contributor, M.H. Miller; The Natural History …
Jesse Jackson 1984, “The most honest, courageous politician I have ever met.”
On this day, February 6th 1959 : Talks began between the U.S.S.R and Castro. The Soviet Union agreed to buy …
Remembering the Supreme Court, Human Rights, a letter, and a novel. And, Armistead Maupin.
I discovered Armistead Maupin’s novel, Tales of the City, and its eight sequels by way of the first four volumes …