Schlesinger, Schlesinger Junior, the Chicago Tribune, all have surveyed Presidential Greatness.
Now Norman Markowitz joins the line of hero searchers.
Blogging at “Marxist-Leninist-Stalinist-Maoist*,” Brother Markowitz asks and answers, “George W. Bush: The Worst President In US History?”
He places Bush just above James Buchanan in the Presidential Badness Sweepstakes, and sinking fast:
“It is purely from an […]

Mitch McConnell holds out hope for Reagan statue, Reagan Centenial Commissions and more, all to recall the little known former president.
Senator McConnell made his remarks at a museum dedicated to the two term president in Simi Valley California.
Mitch seemed to be having a bad day:
“Reagan’s biographer, Lou Cannon, liked to say that a […]

San Francisco Bay area labor union members were crucial to the restoration and preservation of Franklin Roosevelt’s Presidential Yacht, raising funds, working as volunteer labor and mobilizing political clout for government funding.
They may now enjoy watching their salute to “labor’s best friend” used as a platform for nouveau-riche wine cruises.

“Allow yourself to be transported […]

Presidential site preservation comes up against the banal reality of a proposed site in Austin Texas.
The“Austin American Statesman” reports that a former Lyndon Johnson office suite in the Austin federal building has survived relatively intact since the heroic LBJ era.
Local GSA Administrator Steve Rutledge was honest with the Statesman about the office’s charms:
“You kind of […]

Road Trip!
What happens when some college kids with dim memories of history and poli sci class try to use the miricle of the Web to get strangers to pay for a meandering journey across this broad land?
Let’s go along and find out!
“What: A journey into the heart of America, to see American places and […]