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Presidential Heights
I once remarked on the longevity of presidents: The [following] graph highlights trends (such as they are) in the age at which presidents have died (or to which they have survived if still living), the...
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November 22, 1963
I have said all that I wish to say about November 22, 1963, as a political event, and about JFK’s performance as president. My purpose here is simply to mark what ranks as the third-most shocking day...
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Timely Trivia Question
One person administered the presidential oath of office nine times (a record). Who was that person, and to which presidents did he administer the oath? Scroll down for the answer. John Marshall, Chief...
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Who Shot JFK, and Why?
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED 11/22/13; UPDATED 09/25/14 AND 06/26/15; REVISED 06/27/15 On this, the 50th anniversary of the murder of John F. Kennedy, I refer you to my recollections of the day (posted two...
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Presidential Trivia: Recurring First Names
Among the 44 Presidents of the United States, there are eight first names that occur more than once. Do you know the eight names? Do you know the middle names (if any) and last names that go with the...
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What, If Anything, Will Unite Americans?
I don’t expect that Americans can ever be united in their political principles and policy preferences. But the cacophony that emanates from the present state of disunity is figuratively deafening....
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More Presidential Trivia: Deaths
I drew on on “Facts about Presidents” to compile some more trivia. These trivia pertain to the deaths of presidents. Let’s start with this table, which lists the presidents in the order in which they...
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1963: The Year Zero
[A] long habit of not thinking a thing WRONG, gives it a superficial appearance of being RIGHT…. Time makes more converts than reason. Thomas Paine in Common Sense If ignorance and passion are the foes...
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Not-So-Random Thoughts (XV)
Links to the other posts in this occasional series may be found at “Favorite Posts,” just below the list of topics. * * * Victor Davis Hanson writes: This descent into the Dark Ages will not...
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Who Shot JFK, and Why? (Updated)
Here.Filed under: History, Media Matters & Reportage Tagged: JFK, JFK assassination
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A Summing Up
I began to blog in the late 1990s with a home page that I dubbed Liberty Corner (reconstructed here). I maintained the home page until 2000. When the urge to resume blogging became irresistible in...
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The Old Normal
The recent terrorist attacks in Brussels and Lahore might lead the impressionable to conclude that the world is falling apart. I submit that terrorist attacks shock because they occur against a...
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Turning Points
American Revolution — 1775-1783. The Colonies became sovereign States, bound by a compact (the Articles of Confederation) in which each State clearly retained its sovereignty. And yet, those sovereign...
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Ty Cobb and the State of Science
This post was inspired by “Layman’s Guide to Understanding Scientific Research” at bluebird of bitterness. The thing about history is that it’s chock full of lies. Well, a lot of the lies are just...
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Not-So-Random Thoughts (XVII)
Links to the other posts in this occasional series may be found at “Favorite Posts,” just below the list of topics. * * * Victor Davis Hanson offers “The More Things Change, the More They...
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Corresponding with a Collaborator
I correspond with a fellow whom I’ve known for more than forty years. He’s a pleasant person with a good sense of humor and an easy-going personality. He’s also a chameleon. By which I mean that he...
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The Crown
I recently watched The Crown. It’s a Netflix series of ten episodes that span the years 1947-1955 in the life of Elizabeth II, with flashbacks to the time of Edward VIII‘s abdication and the succession...
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The “H” Word, the Left, and Donald Trump
I don’t believe it but — according to many leftists, Democrats, pundits, and media outlets — Donald Trump is a fascist, a Nazi, a Hitler-in-the making. That’s the scare story that’s been peddled since...
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Facts about Presidents, Updated
Here, with the addition of Donald Trump and some trivia.Filed under: Electoral Politics, History, Trivia Tagged: facts about presidents, trivia about presidents
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Presidents and War
This post is prompted by a recent exchange with former think-tank colleagues about H.R. McMaster‘s Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff. I’ve just started it, having until...
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