Wilson, Roosevelt: Presidents Who Have Won the Nobel Peace Prize

US President Barack Obama is not the first US President to win the Nobel Peace Prize, he is actually the fourth to win, although one winner was not a current president when he was awarded. President Theodore Roosevelt won the Novel Peace Prize in 1906. President Woodrow...

Out Of the Wilderness: Are Environmentalists Turning People Away from Nationa...

America's system of national parks, forests, bird reservations, game preserves, and national monuments provides a series of living gemstones across the land. President Theodore Roosevelt set the standard for...

McCain thinks he's Churchill

McCain gets way out there with his latest.  Maybe it's just me but this reminds me of Rudy's 911 moment.  "Two-minute John McCain Web ad seeks to link him to two historical greats: Winston Churchill and...

Oh for the Days When Pros Ran Conventions

Watching the ludicrous and money-wasting presidential debates and plans for primaries this year and in years past, I long for the days when professional politicians made deals in smoke-filled back rooms, and...

In Memoriam: Lady Bird Johnson

Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson has died at 94. Lady Bird, born Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson in Texas, was the wife of former President Lyndon Johnson. By all accounts, she was a force of political and personal...

Banana Republic

Voting machines in the USA can not perform recounts. Voting machines in Venezuela can perform recounts.

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