Showing posts with label presidents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label presidents. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 8, 2025

The Danger of Presidential Government

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Many posts  have   discussed  the  separation of powers , which is rapidly eroding . Jay Cost at AEI: By centralizing authority so heavily, ...
Sunday, June 16, 2024

All the Presidents' Children

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Aaron O'Neill at Statista : The 45 men who have served as the President of the United States (officially there have been 46 as Grover C...
Sunday, February 6, 2022

The Presidential Records Act

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Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, Tom Hamburger, and Jacqueline Alemany at WP: President Donald Trump tore up briefings and schedules, articles a...
Friday, October 1, 2021

Cotton, Milley, and the Role of the Military

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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Afghanis...
Thursday, July 29, 2021

The People Rate the Presidents

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 Matthew Smith at YouGov: The respective excellence of US presidents is always being debated . Many academics have put together rankings ov...
Saturday, June 13, 2020

U.S. Grant on the Confederacy

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As he was dying in a house near Saratoga Springs, NY ( my hometown ), U.S. Grant wrote the final pages of his memoirs. He recalled Appoma...
Monday, May 20, 2019

Ancient Origins of Advice and Consent

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Allan Matkins at The National Law Review : The United States Constitution vests the executive power of the federal government in the presi...
Friday, December 7, 2018

Bush's Leadership

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Former Secretary of State James A. Baker eulogizes his old friend George H.W. Bush: He was not considered a skilled speaker, but his deeds...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Saving Lieutenant Bush

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Jon Meacham's eulogy for President George H.W. Bush, December 5, 2018 : The story was almost over even before it had fully begun. Shor...
Sunday, November 25, 2018

Leaders and Children

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Every president since bachelor James Buchanan has had children . (Harding never acknowledged having children, but he had at least one out of...
Monday, May 14, 2018

Why They Leak

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At Axios, Jonathan Swan quotes some Trump leakers: "To be honest, it probably falls into a couple of categories,” one current White H...
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

In Honor of the Late Yogi Berra: Fake Quotations on Social Media

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The great Yogi Berra has passed.  As Ralph Keyes writes in The Quote Verifie r, "it is safe to assume that most of the most popular say...
Monday, February 21, 2011

Now Let Us Praise Chester Arthur

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On this Presidents' Day, it it worth remembering that some chief executives were obscure but worthy. Case in point: Chester Alan Arthu...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Momentum

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In our chapter on campaigns and elections, we discuss the dynamics of presidential races. A candidate may gather momentum, getting stronger...
Monday, November 9, 2009

President Obama and the Pardon Power

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In chapter 14, we discuss presidential powers, including the ability to issue pardons. The Chicago Tribune reports that President Obama has...