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We knew this day would come. The New York Times reported on Thursday that a Republican “super PAC” was mulling over a plan to resurrect President Obama's former pastor and spiritual adviser, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., as a weapon against the ... read more...

In connection with our last two Presidents Day observances, I focused on the only Pennsylvania native sent to the White House. Buchanan served from 1857 to 1861 and, in last year's column, I noted there were "rumors about his sexual orientation. read more...

In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi River by making federal land available for farming. In 1902, the United States ended a three-year military presence in Cuba ... read more...

I looked at these presidential biographies as “sacred” or neutral patriotic content. Instead of politicizing these pages, as the prime designer and a writer, I decided to beef up the history section of the White House website to attract users of all ... read more...