A.G. GancarskiFebruary 22, 2024
5min0
The Governor's got no love for James Buchanan or Woodrow Wilson.
Tag: Calvin Coolidge
A.G. GancarskiFebruary 22, 2024
Anne GeggisDecember 7, 2023
6min0
The Governor held forth on what a dim view the 30th President would have on current state of the federal government.
Peter SchorschOctober 22, 2023
8min0
Emmer once buddied up with Barack Obama and other Dems on Cuba issues, a big no-no in South Florida.
Associated PressJuly 2, 2023
12min0
Zachary Taylor's celebration ended the worst.
Jesse SchecknerSeptember 22, 2022
5min0
The move marks the first time in almost exactly five years that the U.S. has allowed full visa processing for Cubans.
Associated PressMarch 25, 2021
12min1446
Woodrow Wilson gave first presidential news conference in 1913.
Tom JacksonJune 8, 2016
8min190
Surveying the conundrum confronting the Republican Party in the age of Donald Trump, an antique TV ad touting Fram oil filters comes to mind. If you bought the Beatles’ White Album the day it was released and remember Muhammad Ali in his prime, you know the spot: A mechanic in the midst of an overhaul […]
A.G. GancarskiDecember 18, 2015
2min166
In a Christmas email to city employees, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry led off with a quote from “Silent” Calvin Coolidge. “Christmas is not a time, nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” From there, Curry went on to […]
A.G. GancarskiOctober 22, 2015
5min335
The last time the local media heard from former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown was the end of June, at a combination farewell address and employee appreciation event that sounded not a little bit like the campaign speeches of yesteryear. He said, at the time, that he was taking his children on a vacation. Presumably, the […]
Guest AuthorOctober 4, 20157min410
So again, Jeb Bush belittles black people. After a decade of uniform disdain for black life, Bush’s view amounts to the pejorative “free-stuff” argument — food stamps, Head Start, unemployment (not necessarily free), which black people tend to take advantage of “disproportionately,” as a Washington Post article put it. That, Bush says, is the cause […]