Just 42 when he became the youngest president in the nation's history, he had the enthusiasm and energy to convince Congress to pass progressive reforms and a strong foreign policy — exemplified by his motto, "Speak softly and carry a big stick." An avid outdoorsman, he oversaw the expans...
nbc martin sheen played democratic president josiah 'jed' bartlet in aaron sorkin 's the west wing . the series began one year into the bartlet presidency and lasted for seven seasons, ending with his successor (played by jimmy smits) getting elected and taking office. photos: box office ...
Democratic Presidents Are Best For Jobs And The Economy
Everything's better in the movies — even the Presidents. Whilepolitics can often be a divisive subject, most film fans can agree on the greatness of many movie Presidents, who often best embody the qualities we want to see in our elected leaders. Though some films feature Presidents as vil...
In the Line of Fire For fans of: action movies about Presidents A Secret Service agent is taunted by calls from a would-be killer who has detailed information about the agent - including the fact that he failed to save President John F. Kennedy from assassination. The caller is revealed ...
What's less well-known about many of the great addresses by presidents that they're short. Maybe the most famous speech in American history, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, is just over two minutes long. Many others, rather than being long rambles of adjectives and superlatives, are fewer tha...
sUlysses S. Grant, decided to run a third-party presidential candidate in the1872 election, it came as little surprise that they drafted Greeley for the task. The editor’s campaign got a further boost when the Democratic...
This celebrated history of the Algerian War “captures a contingent moment in the conflict between the West and the Arab world”, reminding us that “modern history is not made by the ‘clash of civilizations’ but by people” ( Harper’s Magazine ). “This universally acclaimed history . ....
One of the platforms that Bernie Sanders was promoting during his democratic presidential run, was to make the first two years of college free for working families. While he didn’t win his presidential bid, there are many other options available to those that want to put in the time, ...
Three brilliant African American women at NASA -- Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson -- serve as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation's confidence, turned around...