U.S. Presidents

The Second U.S. State of the Union Address

The Second U.S. State of the Union Address

01/27/2019

Updated on 09/24/2022

In the never-ending political theater whose current star is U.S. President Donald Trump, even something as mundane as the State of the Union Address had become an issue. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D, CA) had rescinded her invitation to the President to address a joint session of Congress, thus giving pundits everywhere more reason to yell at each other on…read more

John F. Kennedy and the Second Gunman

John F. Kennedy and the Second Gunman

10/26/2017

Updated on 09/24/2022

The National Archives today are due to release somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,000 never-before-seen documents along with the full versions of at least 30,000 other redacted documents that had previously been released all pertaining to the November 22, 1963, assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy. As new findings emerge from these documents, I thought it would be a good…read more

U.S. Presidents Who Won Their Elections but Finished Second in the Popular Vote

U.S. Presidents Who Won Their Elections but Finished Second in the Popular Vote

01/20/2017

Updated on 10/08/2018

As most of us all know, in American politics, it is the Electoral College and not the popular vote that determines the winner in a presidential election. This odd fact of government has long been a burr in the butt of those unfortunate candidates who’ve found themselves with a majority popular vote but on the losing end of an electoral vote….read more