Jon Meacham, presidential biographer and evidently person who does not understand the presidencies he studies, offers some really bizarre advice for Barack Obama in his second term: With his second inauguration just a few days away, Jon Meacham has some advice for President Obama: Take...
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Brooks Simpson, the noted biographer of Ulysses Grant, makes some good points about the problems with presidential ranking polls. Among them, what are we supposed to evaluate? I also wonder.
Scott already warmed you all up on this post on who to vote for in past presidential elections. Some additional thoughts. 1. I realize Jefferson and Madison were not particularly.
Speaking of Coolidge, I don't think I've ever posted this Coolidge speech, the first film of a presidential speech with sound. Pure charisma!
Sarah Kliff links to a study that correctly notes the tendency of historians to give high rankings to presidents who kill a lot of Americans in wars during their tenure..
The most prominent politician posts have led to some discussions of the worst American presidents. I have Buchanan at the bottom. Scott finds Andrew Johnson even more detestable. I think.
Grant is indeed very underrated....Yglesias reminds us of this oldie-but-goodie from Nathan Newman...
This set of presidential rankings, as Steve Benen points out, is not all that useful except as a conversation-starter.Bearing that in mind, I'll simply note the absurdity of keeping William.
Of the forty-four Presidents, only Theodore Roosevelt and John Quincy Adams were not sworn in on the Bible. Apparently no Bible was convenient when Roosevelt was sworn in, but for.