The Spectacle
- The Redhead’s Last Walk-Off
- James T. Harris Calls Out President Obama
- Jose Fernandez RIP
- No Need to Change the Lock
- Cascade Mall Shooter: Turkish Immigrant Arcan Cetin
- Barack Obama Used Pseudonym to Email Hillary on Secret Servers
- The New Rules of Engagement
- Cruz Endorsement of Trump Brings Predictable Chorus of Whining from GOP Moderate Hacks
- The Brock Files: An Introduction
- Catch Vin’s Final Game From L.A.
- Happy Fall
- Plugging ‘The Permission Society’
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James Polk: The Last President Who Kept His Promises
My late friend Peter Hannaford believed, “If presidents are to be judged by their ratio of achievement to their stated goals, James Polk had a 100 percent record and, in that respect, must be seen as one of our most successful presidents.” Peter was a Republican all his life, but he was also a big […]