This book is about Donald J. Trump, the billionaire who become the 47th president in 2025, after losing the 2020 presidential election following his term as the 45th president. He brings to his presidency, his flawed character—his arrogance, unpredictability, overhastiness, and changeability, his rejection of traditional principles of presidential governance, public policy, and diplomacy, and his willingness to lie, bullshit, and trust only his instincts, conspiracy theories, and sycophants.
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Elliot Richardson: A Man of Principle
Attorney General Elliot Richardson knew that U.S. Attorney George Beall was investigating kickbacks in the Baltimore County Executive’s Office. On July 3, 1973, Richardson met with Beall and his three assistant prosecutors. The meeting was preceded by a telephone call Richardson received from White House Chief of Staff Alexander Haig who reported President Nixon’s fury at the latest news about Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox’s investigation.
Notes from Flyover Country: An Atypical Life and Career
In this remarkable book, Skidmore discusses his “atypical life and career,” and reprints representative articles and book chapters from his long life in academe. The first of the essays considers Alito’s Dobbs decision, demonstrating that it distorts history, ignores the 13th and 9th Amendments, and relies on reasoning uncomfortably similar to that undergirding the worst decision in the Court’s history: Dred Scott. It points to the danger arising from denying a right to abortion because the Constitution does not contain the word: the Court’s major power, judicial review, itself is nowhere mentioned in the Constitution.
The War, the World and Wilson
George Creel (1876-1953) was an American journalist, writer, and political activist. He is best known for his role as the head of the United States Committee on Public Information (CPI) during World War I, which shaped public opinion in support of the war effort. The CPI employed various methods of propaganda, such as newspapers, posters, speeches, and other media to promote patriotism, generate support for the war, and sway public opinion in favor of the United States’ involvement in the conflict.
Chips from the White House: Or, Selections from the Speeches, Conversations, Diaries, Letters, and Other Writings, of all the Presidents of the United States
Jeremiah Chaplin (1776 – 1841) was a theologian, educator and an author. He was born in 1776 in Massachusetts, later attending Brown University. After he graduated, he remained studying theology while tutoring students at Brown. In 1802, he moved to Danvers, Massachusetts in order to minister a Baptist church there. He remained there until 1817, when an opportunity to become president of Waterville College became available to Chaplin. He remained in that role until 1833. Afterwards he focused on preaching throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York. Chaplin wrote books, but often not related to theology, including: The Life of Benjamin Franklin (1876) and Words of our Hero, Ulysses S. Grant (1886).
Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams
Abigail Adams (1744-1818) was a founder of the United States. Despite much of the gendered politics that pushed women away from politics, Abigail and her husband, John Adams, corresponded frequently about politics and the new government formation. John Adams served as the second president of the United States, from 1797 to 1801.
The Republican War on America: Dangers of Trump and Trumpism
Republicans wage war on American democracy. They are driven by an ex-president and his Trumpists–the many politicians who wrap themselves in his cloak of racism, religiosity, and the Big Lie. Political historian Clemens explains what has gone wrong and what needs to be done to reboot America.
The Limits of Moderation: Jimmy Carter and the Ironies of American Liberalism
The Limits of Moderation: Jimmy Carter and the Ironies of American Liberalism is not a finished product. Consider this book a primary source, an unfinished manuscript of the type historians might encounter while digging into the papers of an intellectual figure in an archive.
Dante Redux: Trump’s Towering Inferno
Most of us have always assumed that Donald Trump and his cronies are going to Hell. But to which corners, and what torments? 700 years after Dante published his epic poem Inferno, Wayne Lavender has resurrected this storyline and placed Donald Trump and his enablers in their own Hell.
Donald J. Trump, The 45th U.S. Presidency and Beyond: International Perspectives
The reality is that under Trump’s presidency, there was a gradual, but clearly perceptible, decline of American influence in regional and global arenas.
Garfield’s Words: Suggestive Passages from the Public and Private Writings of James Abram Garfield
by James Abram Garfield, Compiled by William Ralston Balch Purchase through Amazon James A. Garfield (1831-1881) was the 20th President of the United States. His term was cut short when he was assassinated in 1881, the same year he took office. Many biographies highlight the difficult circumstances Garfield overcame to become the President. He was… Continue reading Garfield’s Words: Suggestive Passages from the Public and Private Writings of James Abram Garfield
Herbert Hoover: A Reminiscent Biography
by Will Irwin Purchase through Amazon Herbert C. Hoover (1874-1964) served one term as President of the United States, from 1929, until 1933. He met his wife, Lou Henry, who was the only female Geology major at Stanford University, while he attended there. The pair delayed marriage so Lou could finish her education, while Herbert… Continue reading Herbert Hoover: A Reminiscent Biography
The Story of Garfield: Farm-Boy, Soldier, and President
by William G. Rutherford Purchase through Amazon James A. Garfield (1831-1881) was the 20th President of the United States. His term was cut short when he was assassinated in 1881, the same year he took office. Many biographies highlight the difficult circumstances Garfield overcame to become the President. He was born in Ohio on a… Continue reading The Story of Garfield: Farm-Boy, Soldier, and President
From the Farm to the Presidential Chair: The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield
by James D. McCabe Purchase through Amazon James A. Garfield (1831-1881) was the 20th President of the United States. His term was cut short when he was assassinated in 1881, the same year he took office. Many biographies highlight the difficult circumstances Garfield overcame to become the President. He was born in Ohio on a… Continue reading From the Farm to the Presidential Chair: The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield
James A. Garfield: The Backwoods Boy Who Became President
by Frank Mundell Purchase through Amazon James A. Garfield (1831-1881) was the 20th President of the United States. His term was cut short when he was assassinated in 1881, the same year he took office. Many biographies highlight the difficult circumstances Garfield overcame to become the President. He was born in Ohio on a farm… Continue reading James A. Garfield: The Backwoods Boy Who Became President
Discourse on the Life and Character of William Wirt
by John P. Kennedy Purchase through Amazon Wirt made headlines most recently in 2005, but for an unfortunate reason. Someone had broken into the Wirt Tomb, located in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington DC, and his skull was taken and later found in a tin box with gold letters announcing that it was the skull… Continue reading Discourse on the Life and Character of William Wirt
The Republican Manual: History, Priciples, Early Leaders, Achievements of the Republican Party
by E. V. Smalley Purchase through Amazon Eugene Smalley was a great journalist and well-known enthusiast for the expansion of the Pacific Northwest and one-time private secretary to President James Garfield. He helped expose the Ku Klux Klan and was a frequent contributor to the Atlantic Monthly. His stalwart support of the Republican Party started with… Continue reading The Republican Manual: History, Priciples, Early Leaders, Achievements of the Republican Party
Egypt and Its Betrayal: Personal Recollections by Elbert Farman
by Elbert E. Farman Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace Elbert E. Farman was a diplomat, jurist and author of two works, Along the Nile and Egypt and its Betrayal. The works were highlight influenced by Farman’s perspective as the United States Ambassador to Egypt, where he served from 1876-81. During this time, he traveled… Continue reading Egypt and Its Betrayal: Personal Recollections by Elbert Farman
Gems of Poetry and Song on James A. Garfield
by J. C. McClenahan Purchase on Amazon | Purchase on CreateSpace The outpouring of grief over the assassination of James Garfield coincided with a Victorian high tide in emotional display about the dear departed, and produced enormous amounts of glassware, statues and other memorabilia to preserve the memory of the martyred president. This not atypical volume… Continue reading Gems of Poetry and Song on James A. Garfield
The Historic Codfish
by George H. Proctor, Samuel D. Hildreth, and William Frank Parsons There may be 160 representatives in the Massachusetts legislature, but there is only one codfish. The nearly five-foot carving hanging from the ceiling is the third reminder of the importance of fishing to the state. The first was burnt in a 1747 fire and the second… Continue reading The Historic Codfish
Maxims of James Abram Garfield
Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace by James A. Garfield James A. Garfield (1831-1881) was the 20th President of the United States. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1863 to 1881. He is the only president to have been an ordained clergyman and was president of Hiram College in Ohio, and… Continue reading Maxims of James Abram Garfield
President John Quincy Adams’ Quarrel with the Freemasons
Edited and Introduced by Guillermo De Los Reyes Such was the revulsion in the United States over the purported murder of William Morgan, an upstate New Yorker who in 1826 disappeared after threatening to expose Masonic secrets, that political groups campaigned to drive Masons out of office and close down their lodges. President John Quincy… Continue reading President John Quincy Adams’ Quarrel with the Freemasons
Mr. Garfield of Ohio: James S. Brisbin’s The Early Life and Public Career of James A. Garfield
Purchase through Amazon | Purchase through CreateSpace Edited and Introduced by Paul Rich There is a lot more to the life of President James Garfield than being shot. He was an educator, clergyman, and congressman who carried on those duties with considerable distinction, as well as being a mathematician who discovered, after everyone else for… Continue reading Mr. Garfield of Ohio: James S. Brisbin’s The Early Life and Public Career of James A. Garfield
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