Remarked about political dynasties in u. S. History, one thats often been compared to the virginia dynasty of the early republic. Both virginia and ohio laid claim to the mother president s title, even to the point of fighting over poor old William Harrison in all of his 30 days in office. But even taking old tippecanoe out of the equation. Im not really sure its a fair fight i mean, for example, the virginia dynasty has some of the most famous and influential president s in u. S. History, including the likes of washington and jefferson, madison, ohio. On the other hand, has a bunch of bearded that no one seems to remember or know much. Seriously, anyone here want to picking these guys out of a lineup . Then i see. Yeah. Youve got. I think we got a can we . Nope. See, this is what im talking about. This is what im talking about. And thats fine. I thats the way it is. And so for that reason, i dont think its productive or instructive to fight some unofficial title of the mother of presi
Today, weve been talking were. Going to be talking about the ohio dynasty of us president s and as weve already discussed, ohio had been moving from the periphery to the center of u. S. Politic before the civil war and then, of course, played central leadership role in that war itself. And this trend is going to continue. The war in one of the most remarked about political dynasties in u. S. History, one thats often been compared to the virginia dynasty of the early republic. Both virginia and ohio laid claim to the of course played a central leadership in the war itself. This will continue after the war and one of the most remarkable dynasties in u. S. History. One that is compared to the virginia dynasty of the early republic. Both virginia and ohio laid claim to the mother of president s title, even to the point of fighting over Henry Harrison and his 30 days in office. Even taking it out of the equation i am not really sure it is a fair fight. The virginia dynasty for example has s
This week on q and a, mary talks about his book president mckinley, architect of the american century. What was life like back in 1897 through 1901 in the u. S. . While i think the most important thing was that the country was burgeoning. It was expanding and poised to move to radically into the world. America is an expansionist country. We talked about james k. Polk and how he expanded the country on the north american continent. But, what mckinley did was push out into the pacific and atlantic and caribbean the way another president had it. It happened because america was building and industrial base, was building Economic Growth and economic wherewithal, was building a navy. Mckinley had a lot to do with it, but it began before him. It was gaining more and more interest in building the panama canal across central america. When we have ended up with conflict, serious conflict in the caribbean with the spanish empire, which controlled and owned cuba, it was inevitable that we would no
One that i find the most absolutely fascinating and interesting is the one were going to discuss tonight. James garfield. For quite a number of reasons. First of all, garfield is one of the most intelligent president s we have ever had. I mean he is up there in the top half dozen, and when we go through his life by the end of it or the middle of it, youre going to start laughing because youre just going to say no, that cant be. He cant be that good in that field. Its just not possible. And then well find something else, and youre going to say no. He is just incredibly bright, and the hope for his presidency was enormous. And so were going to discuss an absolutely brilliant human being. I was chatting with a friend before, and he asked me if i thought garfield was the most intelligent. I dont know how you test Something Like that. I mean, its not as if you give president s iq tests. Its a lot easier with things that are easy to measure. Tall and short i mean, we all know that madison wa
The fisa court and how they could improve that but courts generally. I think the down side of courts generally is they are not often well equipped to handle classified cases. Aside from standing issues, the process of handling classified materials, stamped with clearances is a challenge with the courts and they have shown timidity when taking on the government and they defer to the government or rather than challenge the government or look for the least intrusive for the rights with Civil Liberties. So make a pitch for the krif liberties oversight board, we complement the judicial. We can meet with the nsa and cia and fbi informally and confer with congress informally without rules of evidence and standing requirements and have a review not limited to lelt review, although we did a legal review in the and i was pleased the Second Circuit adopted our legal analysis and we can do policy review and make recommendations to the president and to congress, not only on whether something is con