Tag Archives: Presidency

The Right Fear Mail-In Votes Skew Outcomes to the Left

Posted on June 16, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Main-In vs. In-Person Voting It’s a situation that is being exploited by one side over the other. (Or so each side thinks…) The panic seems to be the erroneous thought that only Republicans vote in person, on the day of … Continue reading →

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He Wasn’t Called “Tricky Dicky” for Nothing

Posted on June 13, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Richard M Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) I have a rather jaundiced view of this time period in American history. I was still young enough to be an idealist, and I had a decidedly (small ‘l’) liberal … Continue reading →

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Last Night, I was a Fly on the Wall:

Posted on April 16, 2022 by cdsmiller17

In Biden’s White House Blame it on the US tax deadline, blame it on the full moon, blame it on too much food yesterday. Whatever. My dreams last night were full of witnessing events in the White House. By themselves, … Continue reading →

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Why the 3rd President Decided to Rewrite the Gospels

Posted on February 8, 2022 by cdsmiller17

The Jefferson Bible (1820) It’s a curious thing to do: cut out passages from the four Gospels in the New Testament and paste them into your own version of the Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth. That’s what Thomas … Continue reading →

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The Day Harding Put A Cat Amongst the Pigeons

Posted on November 14, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Warren G. Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) Imagine, if you will, an American president using the 50th anniversary of the founding of Birmingham, Alabama, to talk about race relations to a segregated crowd. Oh, boy… Before we … Continue reading →

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Back-Channels: How One Man’s Folly was Mitigated

Posted on September 25, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Peril (2021) You might think this is just paranoia speaking, but I think, as do the authors of this book, that the world came perilously close to a catastrophe in January of this year. If General Mark Milley hadn’t initiated … Continue reading →

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Do You Wonder Why They’re Called “The Wonder Years”?

Posted on August 19, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Dwight D. Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) My childhood took place during Dwight D Eisenhower‘s presidency. I have no conscious memory of anything before him. (In Canada, we had a couple or three Prime Ministers during the … Continue reading →

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So, That Leaves This Last Man Standing

Posted on August 19, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Patrick Leahy (May 31, 1940) The extended comparison of Roman Emperors with United States Presidents leaves just one position unaccounted for: who would be the likely fourth person if history repeated itself. I’m not entirely sure Patrick Leahy is the … Continue reading →

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Doggonit: Pete Made the Connection Before Me…

Posted on August 1, 2021 by cdsmiller17

First Dogs: Buddy and Truman Let’s face it: it was a long shot; I put the words Harry S Truman and Pete Buttigieg in a Google search, and got this image (after more than a hundred other images of Pete … Continue reading →

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Unfortunately, the Buckaroo did Not Stop with the 33rd President

Posted on July 31, 2021 by cdsmiller17

Harry S Truman (May 8, 1884 – Dec 26, 1972) After Franklin D. Roosevelt died in the spring of 1945, Harry S Truman took over as President. Under his watch, the Americans tested and then used atomic bombs on Japan … Continue reading →

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