John Quincy Adams

When Statesmen Led the Nation

Harlow Giles Unger | Posted 02.07.2012

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Harlow Giles Unger

In contrast with many of the candidates seeking high office in America today, there was a time in our nation when presidents and presidential candidates represented the most brilliant minds among us.

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A Decade of 9/11: Past, Present and Future

Paul Heroux | Posted 11.08.2011

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Paul Heroux

A decade after 9/11, where have we been, where are we now, and where are we going?

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For God's Sake -- Stop Talking

Cliff Schecter | Posted 09.11.2011

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Cliff Schecter

Lately, there would seem to be a whole lot more people who have a direct channel to the Big Guy Upstairs than one could have humanly thought possible.

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Mediums and Their Political Messages

Paul Stoller | Posted 09.05.2011

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Paul Stoller

If Republican leaders begin to act more like public servants and less like non-thinking fundamentalist soldiers, we might begin to repair our political system. If not, their absolutism will plunge us into unspeakable economic darkness.

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12 Fun 4th of July Facts From Michele Bachmann (VIDEO)

Doug Molitor | Posted 09.04.2011

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Doug Molitor

Michele Bachmann's fans rewrote John Quincy Adams' Wikipedia page, so that it would agree with what she had said in a broadcast interview.

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Libya, American Exceptionalism and John Quincy Adams

Harry Graver | Posted 08.30.2011

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Harry Graver

Beyond the immediate implications of tactical policy, conservatives are grappling with a much larger choice of ideology. The right is entering into, whether they realize it or not, a referendum on the definition of American Exceptionalism.

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Will the Real John Quincy Adams Please Stand Up?

R. B. Bernstein | Posted 08.30.2011

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R. B. Bernstein

Bachmann's inflated version of John Quincy Adams's antislavery record exemplifies how she and other Tea Party advocates remold the past into a founding-era-Disneyland version bolstering their political agenda.

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Michele Bachmann Flops On Founding Fathers

Posted 08.28.2011

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During an appearance on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann was given an opportunity to set th...

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Unelectable Past Presidents: Part 1 of 3

Jonathan Hobratsch | Posted 08.14.2011

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Jonathan Hobratsch

The following are the first nine of twenty-seven American presidents that would not be electable today. It is interesting to ponder what the fate of these men would be in the 21st century.

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Oprah and Lucretia: Friends that Go Back a Long Way

Jamie Stiehm | Posted 07.27.2011

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Jamie Stiehm

Suddenly I heard it: the Quaker in Oprah. The emphasis on a light inside each of us is the central Quaker concept of the way God works. Oprah's theology in a kind of a mass media sermon seemed to be a fresh way of putting those things.

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Michele Bachmann's First Official Campaign Speech?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Ostroy

What would Michele Bachmann's first major 2012 campaign speech look like once she officially announced her candidacy?

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Sable

Jack Schimmelman | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jack Schimmelman

Recently, our dog stopped breathing. His heart stopped pumping. I was there and I gave permission to a doctor to make this happen. Sable was jus...

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Obama and That Damn Mosque: A Clarion Voice for Freedom

Philip Smucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Philip Smucker

There remains an unfortunate and irrefutable perception in the Muslim world that Americans only pay lip service to their own ideals of freedom. Fortunately, President Obama's defense of the Cordoba House helps to change that.

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Bush's White House Ethics Lawyer Criticizes Obama Administration's Ethics. Are You F**king Kidding!?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Andy Ostroy

It's unsurprisingly hypocritical for Richard Painter, who was in the thick of some of Bush era political chicanery in Rove's West Wing, to attack Obama and use his administration as the poster-child for partisan opportunism.

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Mitt, Waldo, Tip, Ted and the Real Revolution

Martin Nolan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Martin Nolan

As Brown goes to Washington, he is aware of the history in "The People's Seat." He would be wise to consult Emerson's 1841 quote, "There is properly no history, only biography."

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White House Gate Crashing, From Andrew Jackson To Grace Slick

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

While Washington is all a-twitter over two society climbers crashing the gates at an Obama soirée, in the grand sweep of history, it was a fairly minor event. No one was in danger, and no real harm was done, nobody got dosed with LSD.

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Michelle Obama, First Ladies and African-American History

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carl Sferrazza Anthony

There were few powerful women in mid-19th century America who more vigorously pressed the case first for abolition and then for the education, housing, and welfare of freed African-American slaves than did Mrs. Lincoln.

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Along Came Caroline. And Andrew. And Beau.

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Jenkins

Speculation about Hillary Clinton's successor in the Senate will soon be moot, but the debate about America's political dynasties is hopefully just starting.

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What the Framers Knew and Alan Greenspan Didn't

Eric Lane and Michael Oreskes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Eric Lane and Michael Oreskes

The Framers did not ask people to rise above self-interest but instead expected them to pursue it. Pitting interest against interest, as Madison put it, is a way of ensuring liberty.

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Obama/Gore 2008

Norman MacAfee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Norman MacAfee

Broken record here. The more I think about it, the more Al Gore seems the only really interesting choice for Barack Obama's vice presidential choice. ...

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