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Candidate Cookies: Mike Huckabee

  Candidate cookies are a quick look at the men and women who aspire to be President of the United States 2017-2020.   Mike Huckabee, an ex-Baptist minister, is one of the presidential candidates who is a proponent of “family values,” as he defines them. On his website he makes it clear that he will […]

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The Professor

One of the memories that I have of high school history from the year before I started to hate it (some teachers will do that to you), was a discussion of World War 1. It’s not the discussion that I remember so well, but one student’s ardent desire for peace and hope for what could […]

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The Sandwich

Whenever I have the opportunity to talk about Benjamin Harrison, I can’t resist the urge to refer to him as the meat in the Grover Cleveland sandwich. Go ahead. Take a minute; unpack that.  Benjamin Harrison could be described as a heritage president. Great, now I sound like I’m talking about turkeys.  His great-grandfather was […]

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Polk’s Birthplace and Dark Horse Cupcake Recipe

I get it; nothing is free. All sorts of folks are figuring out what they can do to make ends meet. This includes government. With the events of last month, that’s no surprise. I was surprised, though, to learn that a few months ago a president-related historic site was in danger of being closed. The […]

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The Dark Horse

James K. Polk is sometimes thought of as the last strong president until Abraham Lincoln. Other times he is called the first “dark horse” president. While he was watching election-related things unfold, he realized that the presidential candidates, Martin Van Buren and Henry Clay were avoiding the highly contentious issue of expansionism. Polk brought the […]

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