Why Do Nebraska and Maine Vote for President the Way They Do? And Other Esoterica of Election 2020

It started with one guy’s idea.  And nothing happened with it until after he died.  We look at the Maine and Nebraska congressional district system of Presidential elector assignment and its history as both the NE2 and ME2 went for different candidates than the statewide winner for the first time in history.  That and other…

1866 Mechanics’ Institute Attack

One violent event, captured in the best media technologies of its time and brought to American living parlors, completely changed American politics during the Reconstruction period.  A convention at the stately Mechanics’ Institute in New Orleans, determined to create a new constitution where all races could vote, was forcefully ended by police in what investigators…

George Romney

A little bit about the Senator’s father, his run for President in 1968 and time as HUD secretary.

16 Obscure Facts About Presidents w/ Jeremy Anderberg of The Art of Manliness and Readmorebooks.co

Who was Chester Arthur’s secret pen pal?  How did Herbert Hoover spend his last day in office?  What was McKinley’s obscure accomplishment?  What was Rutherford B. Hayes passionate hobby? What event hurt Taft’s Presidency from the get-go? How did Martin Van Buren contribute to today’s politics?  For Presidents Day, a conversation with Jeremy Anderberg of…