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Saved from dinner!
Most Americans are familiar with the White House Thanksgiving tradition that has the president pardoning a turkey (or turkeys) in the days before Thanksgiving. This morning (Nov. 23), President Obama...
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Missing person
One would expect the president of the United States to set aside a half day and make an appearance in Gettysburg, Pa., today. One would be disappointed. One hundred fifty years ago today, Abraham...
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A Nutmegger as president?
Today (April 14) is the 149th anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Around 10:15 p.m. on April 14, 1865, the 16th president was shot in the back of the head by actor John Wilkes Booth,...
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Honest Abe, 150 years later
Today, April 14, is the 150th anniversary of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Just five days after the de facto end of the American Civil War, the 16th president was shot in the head by renowned...
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Back to Maycomb
The discovery and publication of the previously unknown work by Harper Lee, “Go Set a Watchman,” revives memories for many of my generation who were introduced to fictional Maycomb, Ala., while...
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In defense of history
In a Hartford Courant op-ed defending state Democrats’ decision to dump the names of Thomas Jefferson (shown above) and Andrew Jackson from the name of the state Democratic Party’s biggest fundraising...
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Wilson’s torment
I’ve blogged before about poor old bedraggled Woodrow Wilson, the former president who is in danger of being removed from the pantheon of American heroes because his attitudes about race were, to put...
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Keep ’em closed
Kevin Williamson raises an interesting point in his post on National Review Online/The Corner today (Thursday). He provides insight into the impact of open primaries on election results in recent...
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Mad money
Edward Rothstein shares many of my attitudes about the politically correct transformation of U.S. currency in this Wall Street Journal op-ed. Money quote: (Treasury Secretary Jack) Lew said that since...
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