John Adams (1735 – 1826), the second U.S. president, wrote: “Government is instituted for the common good…and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men.” Historical wisdom for today. Securing and maintaining the common good today, I would ...
three founding fathers and past presidents passed away on this date. Both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in 1826, the 50thAnniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and James Monroe in 1831, who was also a continental soldier ...
his habits of industry so well confirmed, and the reputation that had preceded him from America was so extraordinary, that he could hardly fail to make a place for himself among British
Zach Adams, one of the men accused of kidnapping, raping and killing Holly Bobo, was found guilty of first-degree murder and aggravated rape on Friday.Adams, 33, will be sentenced on Saturday, where a jury will reconvene to decide if he will be give the death penalty, according to The...
John Adams was a Founding Father, the first vice president of the United States and the second president. His son, John Quincy Adams, was the nation's sixth president.
Originally inspired by the likes ofAnsel Adams,Olegas Truchanas,Peter DombrovskisandRobert Rankin, John loves the work of contemporaries likeChris Bell,Rob BlakersandGrant Dixonas well as the new photography ofBen MessinaandWolfgang Glowackiamongst others. Although John is particularly drawn to Tasmani...
[3] ADAMS, CARLY. “Organizing Hockey for Women: The Ladies Ontario Hockey Association and the Fight for Legitimacy, 1922–1940.” In Coast to Coast: Hockey in Canada to the Second World War, edited by John Chi-Kit Wong, 132–59. University of Toronto Press, 2009. http://www.jstor.or...
John Quincy Adams served the United States in many capacities, as diplomat, Senator, Secretary of State, Sixth President of the United States, and lastly as a member of the House of Representatives. He was one of the earliest leaders of the United States to take a pro-active role in the...
“hollow, sham, pretentious Greenwich Village exhibitionism.” Even Cage’s mother thought it went too far. But more sympathetic listeners saw it as a perplexing thought experiment, an IV drip of instant Zen. Musicians from John Lennon to Frank Zappa to John Adams would go on to hail it as...
I haven’t been this voracious for a single author for a long time and typically don’t even read much science fiction unless you want to count Douglas Adams. The first one, Old Man’s War, is genuis. The Ghost Brigades is genuis for completely different reasons. But honestly I was a...