The Donor Party
Beyond giving work to Congressional and Homeland Security investigators, the Bush Library pay to play scandal has generated renewed attention to just who pays for these hulking mausoleum/fun-zones. Past and future Librarians rush to assure us that none of that foreign cash shall corrupt our American values, at least […]

No Greater Friend, No Worse Enemy
Jackie Calmes reports a glitch in the Democrats unity stampede:
“Some in the Clinton camp also noted a possible problem for a party-unity ticket: Bill Clinton may balk at releasing records of his business dealings and big donors to his presidential library.”

Home Alone
A promised summer exhibit of entries is postponed, but White House Redux contestants will be battling it out for the favor of judges until Fall.
The goal is redesigning the two hundred year old presidential mansion to reflect it’s present lofty status. There are 831 contest entries, and […]

Our Gang
The last member of one of the first bank robbery gangs to use Nixon masks has finally been caught.
Eighty-Four year old Carmine Jannece and colleagues robbed a Michigan bank 17 years ago, shortly after release of the film “Point Blank” . The movie featured a gang wearing […]

You Don’t Say
Just as they were getting all contemporary with a blog, comes word that the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum’s hours will be cut back.
The Library is housed in the Northampton Massachusetts public library, which is making general cutbacks.