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President Biden? History says no
I read with interest Jules Witcover's recent column regarding Vice President Joe Biden ("Could Biden benefit from Clinton's handling of Benghazi?" May 14). He infers that the Benghzai scandal could cost Hillary Clinton the Democratic presidential...
Tags: George H.W. Bush, Jules Witcover, Elections, Politics
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The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review A Page of Books column
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewThe gun-control controversy brings Glenn Beck back to bookshelves among new and upcoming titles about U.S. foreign policy, an unforgettable electoral battle settled in court, Europe and the world over the past 500-plus years, and how some less familiar...Tags: Authors, Justice System, Gun Control, Interior Policy, European Union
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Presidential alumni an elite (and small) club
At the dedication Thursday of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, President Barack Obama appeared with all four living ex-presidents — George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. That raised a question: What is the record...Tags: Grover Cleveland, Barack Obama, Government, Franklin Pierce, George H.W. Bush
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Art Callaham: Some more fun facts about our presidents
Early after the first of this year, I wrote a column concerning interesting facts about our presidents, and I promised to write more. That column and this one — and possibly some future ones — are based on a book by Cormac O’Brien titled...Tags: John Quincy Adams, William Henry Harrison, Grover Cleveland, James Buchanan, Government
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How are you celebrating William Henry Harrison's birthday?
The Baltimore SunOld Tippecanoe, the ninth president of the United States, was born 240 years ago today. He remains the president with the shortest term in office, having died a month after his inauguration. An elderly gentleman, he insisted on making a prolonged and...Tags: William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Republican Party
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President Biden? Not such a long shot at all
Martin Van Buren was not the only sitting vice president elected president during the 19th century ("President Biden? History says no," Feb. 2). Thomas Jefferson achieved the same distinction when, as vice president at the start of the century, he...
Tags: John Adams, U.S. House of Representatives, George Washington, Elections, Politics
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War of 1812 Bicentennial: Kentucky enters the war
Editor's note: This is the unabridged version of the condensed article that appeared in the Jan. 17 Interior Journal. This article is the first in a series to commemorate the War of 1812 Bicentennial. The Congress of the United States has...
Tags: John Adams, Regional Authority, John Allen, Armed Forces, William Henry Harrison
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Keeping poinsettias for the holidays
Traditional red and green colors are well represented in the flowers available for the holidays. Poinsettias, the most popular and spectacular holiday flowers, can combine both these colors. The poinsettia was named for Joel Robert Poinsett, an amateur...
Tags: Mexico, Customs and Tradition, Holidays, Science and Technology, Conservation
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Presidential candidates find new ways to sell message through music
The musical battle between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney heated up recently as Stevie Wonder released a funky new pro-Obama song called “Keep Moving Forward,” while Meat Loaf celebrated his support of Romney by belting a goofy “America...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Jackie Wilson, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, William Henry Harrison, Barack Obama
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Baltimore was site of pivotal political conventions in 1800s
In "The First American Political Conventions: Transforming Presidential Nominations, 1832-1872," Stan M. Haynes writes that the modern presidential nominating convention evolved during the campaign of 1832.
Between the fall of 1831 and the spring of...Tags: Union (McHenry, Illinois), Franklin Delano Roosevelt, American Civil War (1861-1865), Douglas, James Buchanan
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Artscape attractions include Robert Marbury, his 7-foot Yeti
When Robert Marbury was 19 years old, he necked with Ricki Lake on camera. At age 29, he spent a year sailing in Indonesia, where he says his ship was attacked by pirates. Four years later, he was one of the three co-founders of the Minnesota Association...
Tags: Brian McKnight, Mount Royal, Movies, Iggy Pop, Celebrities
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The State of the Union -- a free translation
Paul GreenbergFor those fortunate souls who didn't have to sit through the president's State of the Union speech Tuesday night out of a sense of duty, or maybe just masochism, here is a brief summary and free translation -- very free: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President,...Tags: Solyndra LLC, Career and Workplace, Dick Cheney, Unions, Al Gore
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Jan 26, 2012
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