Happy 200th Birthday, Abe
From Flashlight Worthy’s Everything I Needed to Know About Abe Lincoln, I Learned From This Book List: “2009 marks the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. As such, those who enjoy studying Lincoln are enjoying a large crop of new books. Unfortunately, many people only receive boilerplate information. This list represents general biographies, but also goes [...]
Lazy Democrats Broke The Curse, Not Bush
From Slate’s Bush’s Legacy: He Survived!: “Historians will be debating George Bush’s presidency for decades to com but in one area, at least, he leaves an unambiguous legacy: He will break, once and for all, Tecumseh’s Curse. The curse — also known as the Curse of Tippecanoe, the Zero-Year Curse and the 20-Year Curse — [...]
How To Take Measure of The Candidates
From the Washington Post’s What Does a President Really Do All Day?: “Experts on the presidency repeatedly returned to a central premise: A president needs to be good at making decisions, lots of them, on complicated matters. This may seem screamingly obvious — but consider how little most of us know about the decision-making skills [...]
The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All-Time
From Cracked.com’s The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All-Time | Cracked.com: “we could take time to thank some of the presidents who passed bills that protect some of the freedoms your enjoy daily. Or we could spend the day celebrating the presidents who are decidedly more Action Movie Heroes than diplomats.”
