The Decider

There was a brief tizzy back in 2004 when it was revealed that Saddam Hussein’s pistol had migrated to the White House. President Bush would show it off to select guests before returning it to it’s special place in his private office.
The story inspired the winner of an annual “Faux Faulkner” contest, “The […]

Do You Know Me?

A martyred president, cut down by a lone assassin before a popular imperialist adventure turned sour. The death of William McKinley was memorialized across the country with enormous numbers of statues and monuments. A hundred and six years later his massive Ohio burial place marks it’s own centennial striving to […]

Plain Drinkin

An item for sale on EBay is a presidentish artifact two-fer: the belovedly feisty* Harry Truman and presidential yachts!
For sale is a bottle of beer allegedly brewed for Truman before passing through the hands of a chief steward of the presidential yacht U.S.S. Williamsburg.
Act now, bidding is already north of $100.00!
You can also make […]

The Name Project

Serial citizen marrier and one time immigration jailbird Michael Kamburowski entertained California political circles this week with news of his unusual path to US residence and Republican politics. But an earlier chapter of his life concerns us, his prior career at the Reagan Legacy Project.
This Grover Norquist hellspawn roams the nation’s landscape […]

It’s In The Air…

…or the water. Future vacant lot in Ft.Worth = presidential mania [3rd item].
Lot’s of enthusiasm if few facts on the ground [or in writer’s mind apparently] on a local Ft. Worth architecture forum:
“I hope we use that site for a President’s Museum . Lots of History with Fort Worth and U.S. President’s. […]