Category Archives: Presidential Trivia

A Picture Worth a Thousand Words

Posted on December 28, 2021 by Jim Langcuster

I have run across this image hundreds of times over the last half century – we all have. But a Quoran recently pointed out something I never considered: Michael Collins, the Apollo 11 crew member who snapped this picture as … Continue reading →

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Henry Wallace: Anti-Fascist Jeremiah?

Posted on May 12, 2017 by Jim Langcuster

“P*ss on my leg, but don’t tell me it’s rainin’” was the earthy language my father employed whenever he suspected someone was trying to sell him a rhetorical bill of goods. Well, it appears the Editorial Board of the New … Continue reading →

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Tyler, Too, Deserves some Credit

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Jim Langcuster

John Tyler, tenth President of the United States, is not remembered for a spectacularly successful presidency.  Even so,  he established one of this nation’s most noteworthy constitutional precedents by serving the entire unexpired term of President William Henry Harrison, the … Continue reading →

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