The Prince of Darkness as a Beacon of Dissent Aug 19, 2009
Novak has a different standard, which involves living up to the oath of office and not messing up the country, which is why Calvin Coolidge is his favorite president. One great president whom Novak dislikes immensely is Teddy Roosevelt. (Townhall.com)
Obama Birth Flap Reopens Older Controversy Aug 18, 2009
Known as Vermont's "other president" - Calvin Coolidge was born in Vermont - Arthur was the son of a Baptist minister whose first assignment was this small town (pop. 1,916) in the heart of northern Vermont dairy country. (CBS News)
Obama birthplace flap evokes Arthur debate Aug 17, 2009
Arthurs family moved oftenKnown as Vermont's "other president" Calvin Coolidge was born in Vermont Arthur was the son of a Baptist minister whose first assignment was this small town (pop. 1,916) in the heart of northern Vermont dairy country. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Chester Arthur rumor still lingers in Vermont Aug 17, 2009
Known as Vermont s other president - Calvin Coolidge was born in Vermont - Arthur was the son of a Baptist minister whose first assignment was this small town of 1,916 people in the heart of northern Vermont dairy country. He was born Oct. 5, 1829, but later in life, he lied about the year. (Boston Globe)
DJ making waves in state Senate Aug 15, 2009
It was more Calvin Klein than Calvin Coolidge. I'm a little shocked that the government would want someone like me, Sealey was quoted as saying, understating the sentiment of many in Albany. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Religion in Today's World: Doing the right thing Aug 12, 2009
By Richard Kropf Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:53 AM EDT In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge famously said that The business of the American people is business. And today, nearly a century later with our country in a gridlock over health care reform, perhaps never has Coolidge s observation proven more true. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
Holcim closing Wednesday Aug 9, 2009
MacNider was commander of the American Legion and was assistant secretary of war under President Calvin Coolidge and was a minister to Canada under President Herbert Hoover. In 1933 he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for vice president but did not win. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Town reunions get roughed up Aug 9, 2009
Tractor rides and a barbecue to benefit the Fire Department were part of the attraction at the festivities held at the Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site ... In a town that has changed little since presidential native son Calvin Coolidge was a boy, Plymouth recently featured sheep-shearing, theatrics, cheese-making, and even a chocolate cake to die for, said Sandy Gregg, who owns an inn in the town. (Boston Globe)
Sen. Sessions: Sotomayor Rulings Too Subjective Aug 7, 2009
"Our 30th President, Calvin Coolidge, said of the Constitution that [n]o other document devised by the hand of man ever brought so much progress and happiness to humanity. The good it has wrought can never be measured. And he was right. "That document has given us blessings no people, of any country, has ever known. Which is why real compassion is found not in the empathy standard but in following the Constitution. (Newsmax)
Barr Discusses Top 2 Aug 4, 2009
By SOR AdministratorDate: Aug 3, 2009 Electrifying WR Martize Barr of Calvin Coolidge HS (DC) is a highly productive receiving threat. The 3 FBS programs that he has been receiving the most attention from are Rutgers, Kansas and New Mexico although 2 of those programs have taken the lead in the recruitment of his services. (RutgersInsider.com)
11 Things: Obscure presidential nicknames Jul 31, 2009
The Sphinx of the Potomac (Calvin Coolidge). Presumably not chosen for Coolidge's resemblance to the sphinx, which is, of course, a lion with a human head. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Effects of Isolationism Between the... Jul 24, 2009
The Calvin Coolidge administration represented the height of laissez faire in American business. According to Coolidge, business should be unhampered and free. (Suite101.com)
Steinway White House Pianos Pay Tribute to America Jul 18, 2009
The "Gold Grand" was presented to the White House, and President Theodore Roosevelt accepted the $18,000 Steinway "on behalf of the nation." The piano served through the administrations of Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover, and Franklin Roosevelt; it was then donated to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History. The second White House piano was built and presented to President Franklin Roosevelt in 1938... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
FAMOUS BIRTHDAY / Calvin Coolidge Jul 17, 2009
President Calvin Coolidge (wearing a straw hat and standing at right by the car) enjoys a carillon concert on Cohasset Common in August 1925 ... Calvin Coolidge: July 4, 1872-Jan ... Vice-President John Calvin Coolidge was in Vermont when news of President Harding s sudden death reached the family home. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
The next conservative thinkers Jul 12, 2009
The business of America is business, Calvin Coolidge famously declared, and the business of government was to get out of the way. And then came last fall, when a Republican administration committed $700 billion in government money to prop up financial companies that had, by any free-market definition, already failed. (Boston Globe)
The North Koreans really are a little bit nuts Jul 9, 2009
On terse, we can t forget Silent Calvin Coolidge when the lady seated next to him at a dinner party told him she had a bet she could get him to say more than two words. You lose. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Tant: 'True patriotism' can be tough call Jul 4, 2009
Though three chief executives have died on July 4, only one American president was born on that day: Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president, was born July 4, 1872. When the United States celebrated its bicentennial on July 4, 1976, I was on the scene in Washington, D.C., as a million-strong multitude celebrated America's 200th birthday with music, family fun and a dazzling fireworks display that old John Adams would have loved. (Athens Banner-Herald)
FOURTH OF JULY EVENTS Jul 3, 2009
Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president, was born in Vermont on July 4, 1872. Some July 4th statistics, thanks to the U.S. Census Bureau. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Photographer for Obama Delights a Kent Audience Jul 3, 2009
"When I think of presidential photographs, I think of Calvin Coolidge with that Indian headdress on," he continued, remarking on the contrast of "that stone mountain man with an Indian headdress." "Then there was Herbert Hoover with his stiff white collar," he continued. "When you saw that picture, you knew exactly who he was." Hoover was followed by the ebullient Franklin Roosevelt, who propelled the nation through the Depression by the power of his personality, a personality that carefully hid... (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Time To "Bail Out" Michael Jackson's Creditors? Jun 30, 2009
The last time was Calvin Coolidge. That and you can probably assume that, since everyone else is doing it, we have more morons than you think we do in this nation. (Townhall.com)
National Personnel Records Center Opens Agency Civilian Personnel Records to the Public Jun 22, 2009
Among the records are the files of prominent individuals who worked for the federal government, such as Walt Disney, Ansel Adams, Eliot Ness, Calvin Coolidge, J. Edgar Hoover, Gifford Pinchot, Walker Evans, and Albert Einstein. Ronald L. Hindman, Director of NPRC characterized these records "as a veritable treasure-trove of information for researchers and genealogists." He continued, "There are records from more than one hundred government agencies now available for discovery. They showcase the... (Saint Louis Front Page)
Kirk Hardcastle column: Happy Father's Day Jun 21, 2009
President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea in 1924 and a national committee was formed in the 1930s by trade groups in order to legitimize the holiday. But it wasn t made a federal holiday until President Lyndon Johnson issued a proclamation in 1966. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Flag Day ceremony set today Jun 16, 2009
President Woodrow Wilson, in 1916 and later President Calvin Coolidge, issued proclamation that called for June 14 to be observed as National Flag Day. But the official designation did not come until Aug. 3 1949, when Congress approved the national observance and President Harry Truman signed it into law. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
American Presidents' Religious Affi... Jun 5, 2009
John F. Kennedy was the only Roman Catholic and Calvin Coolidge the only Congregationalist. Religious Affiliation in Political Families. (Suite101.com)
Old Coyote, Jefferson vie for Crow post Jun 4, 2009
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Click for Full Story Jun 2, 2009
On This Date:In 1897, Mark Twain, 61, was quoted by the New York Journal as saying from London that "the report of my death was an exaggeration."In 1924, Congress passed a measure that was then signed by President Calvin Coolidge granting American citizenship to all U.S.-born American Indians. In 1941, baseball's "Iron Horse," Lou Gehrig, died in New York of a degenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; he was 37. (KWTX.com, TX)
Old building, new look at State Game Lodge Jun 2, 2009
President Calvin Coolidge spent part of the summer of 1927 at the Game Lodge, and President Dwight Eisenhower stayed there in 1953. Grace Coolidge Creek was named for President Coolidge s wife, Grace. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Where Boston's the backdrop May 31, 2009
Set in 1919, "The Given Day," Lehane's first new novel since 2003, tackles the Spanish influenza pandemic, the Boston Police strike, the effects of the Great Molasses Flood, anarchy and terrorism, racism, baseball, and even the events that thrust Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge into the national consciousness. It is almost exhausting just thinking about it. (Boston Globe)
Crow Tribe to hold primary for vice chairmanship May 29, 2009
The Montana Standard. The Montana Standard. (Montana Standard, MT)
Past is present in their minds May 28, 2009
Governor Calvin Coolidge fired the lot of them, hired a bunch of scabs, gave the scabs the raises that had been promised to the real cops, and used what was a very popular stance with the public to eventually find his way to the White House. Mary McAleese, the president of Ireland, got on much better with one of Coolidge's successors, Deval Patrick, as they exchanged gifts and small talk in the governor's office yesterday. (Boston Globe)
Council on Aging Notes May 23, 2009
Calvin Coolidge, a village tour, a stop at the Vermont Country Store & lunch on your own on our way home. Cost: Double $260; Single $310. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
Receiver MVP hopes for Terps offer May 21, 2009
This Calvin Coolidge High School standout receiver took home MVP honors at this month's Big Time Showcase combine at Rutgers, and now he's hoping for a Terps offer next. To continue reading this article you must be a member. (Maryland Sports -- Rivals.com)
Warren G. Harding May 19, 2009
Harding was followed by Calvin Coolidge, as mediocre as the 29th President had been. Sources. (Suite101.com)
Getting the small things right May 17, 2009
With his death came the death of a special era in American letters, for Mr. Lathem was the center of a remarkable universe that included such disparate figures as Robert Frost, Dr. Seuss, Wallace Stegner, Erskine Caldwell, Paul Sample, and members of the Calvin Coolidge family. He produced about a hundred books. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Martize Sets the Barr High May 13, 2009
Date: May 12, 2009 This year Calvin Coolidge High has a large contingent of upcoming seniors who are legitimate Division 1 prospects. Regarded as the top Wide Receiver in the DC Metro area Martize Barr certainly fits into that category. (RutgersInsider.com)
Read the 'News Watch' transcript May 12, 2009
Comedian Wanda Sykes, the headliner, "Every president since Calvin Coolidge has attended this event." Check our web site, FOXnews. com for the highlights. (Fox News)
Obama's press dinner debut May 11, 2009
The first president to attend was Calvin Coolidge back in 1924. This year's event, on Saturday, is attracting particular attention given that it is the first during Barack Obama's presidency. (BBC News -- Americas)
Obama charms the A-list but his critics aren't laughing May 11, 2009
Every president since Calvin Coolidge (1923-29) has taken part in the dinner. AFP. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Souter, Specter and a Soft Shoe May 11, 2009
"When I switched to the Democrats, all my Republican pals could do was quote Dorothy Parker on hearing that Calvin Coolidge was dead: 'How can they tell?'" Ha, ha, ha. David Souter and Arlen Specter have little in common except drawing conservative ire and sharing in a triumph of intellectual mediocrity. (Townhall.com)
Obama plays comedian-in-chief May 10, 2009
Every president since Calvin Coolidge has taken part in the dinner. In the traditional role as top entertainer for the night was sparky comedian Wanda Sykes, who joked that African Americans would disown Obama, the first black president, if he did not do well. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Obama Jabs At DC, and Himself, At Dinner May 10, 2009
Every president since Calvin Coolidge has attended the dinner. Connect to this TIME Story. (Time.com)
Obama jabs at himself, DC's establishment May 10, 2009
Every president since Calvin Coolidge has attended the dinner. . (USA Today)
We Need a Hero May 9, 2009
Gone are the days when a great but uncharismatic president like Calvin Coolidge could get elected because he promised to do as little as possible. ("Perhaps," he observed, "one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.") My ideal platform may be right. (Townhall.com)
The Liberals Are Snickering May 9, 2009
On the front page of its "Week in Review" section, the newspaper ran a huge picture of him from years ago, in which he is wearing a silly plaid suit, the collar of his shirt vaguely reminiscent of Calvin Coolidge, his face expressionless but his eyes large and glistening, like the caricatures one used to see of girls with huge Bambi-like eyes. Another Times picture shows him in a coat and tie hastening past his ramshackle, unpainted, wooden farmhouse, situated at the end of an unmarked dirt road... (Human Events Online)
Big Time Showcase Top 10 Offensive Players May 9, 2009
(63 195), also of Calvin Coolidge H.S. (DC), stood out as having the best day at WR. He started off the day by running a 4 ... Athletic Jr. WR (511 185), the final of the 3 Calvin Coolidge standouts, showed why many people consider him the best WR in DC, with his biggest competition coming from his own teammate, Joshua Ford. (RutgersInsider.com)
JONAH GOLDBERG: It's time for conservatives to find a hero May 9, 2009
Gone are the days when a great but uncharismatic president like Calvin Coolidge could get elected because he promised to do as little as possible. My ideal platform may be right. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Pam LockebyA couple relaxes on the Boardwalk by the Daytona Beach Pier recently.Big changes in store for Daytona Beach Pier May 3, 2009
DAYTONA BEACH -- The same year a collection of wooden planks became the Daytona Beach Pier, biology teacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, Calvin Coolidge became the first president to have his inauguration broadcast on radio, and Benito Mussolini rose to power in Italy. In the 84 years since the pier was rebuilt into its present form, thousands of lives and souls have become intertwined with the iconic landmark reaching into the waters of the... (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Stolen & Irreplaceable Indian baskets, other artifacts pilfered from Coolidge museum May 1, 2009
Plans for the founding of the museum coincided with the first Calvin Coolidge Days celebration in September 1985. The location at 161 W. Harding Ave. had historic significance and was a natural choice for the placement of the museum - the building was erected in 1934 as Coolidge's first justice of the peace court and jail, presided over by Deputy Sheriff Asa Gardner. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
Tour Kentucky's Mammoth Cave Apr 30, 2009
In 1926, President Calvin Coolidge signed legislation making Mammoth Cave a national park ... In 1926, President Calvin Coolidge signed legislation making Mammoth Cave a national park. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
The President, Not the Nation’s CEO Apr 29, 2009
One of the last presidents who understood the office, the now undeservedly dismissed Calvin Coolidge, once gave a speech to a group of boy scouts that is almost unimaginable coming from the mouth of Obama. After praising reverence for law and the town meetings he attended as a boy (not the kind where the President of the United States talks about national and international policy but the old fashioned kind concerning stopsigns and saloon licenses), President Coolidge explained the American way... (Human Events Online)
Marvelous journeys Apr 18, 2009
Former U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) weighed in on the topic. Said he: Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Michelle Obama: Nation needs youthful idealism more than ever Apr 15, 2009
Michelle Obama helps a girl at D.C.'s Calvin Coolidge High School work on a project to support the troops. President Obama and his wife visited the school to promote his Day of Service program Jan. 19. (USA Today)
Death of a cliche ” "Run Government like a business" Apr 11, 2009
You won t hear many GOP politicians today quoting Republican presidents who urged, Less government in business and more business in government (Warren Harding), or asserted that the business of America is business (Calvin Coolidge). The inconsistencies of the business world and its partisan apologists have been monumental. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Art Returned To Heirs Of Holocaust Victims Apr 11, 2009
Both were hung in the Italian style Doge Suite, where newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst put his most famed visitors, including Winston Churchill and President Calvin Coolidge. A third painting, of Venus and Cupid attributed to the school of Venetian artist Paris Bordonen, will remain at Hearst Castle under an agreement with the Oppenheimer heirs. (KSBW 8, CA)
GALA a roaring success Apr 9, 2009
"Each year we just keep getting better and better." Elbert said that a quote from Calvin Coolidge was a summation of what GALA stands for. "No one person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what they gave." Elbert recalled the first year of GALA, when only 10 people were in charge of organizing the event. (Algona Upper Des Moines, IA)
Future flushed down sewer Apr 4, 2009
jgn69 wrote on Apr 3, 2009 9:56 AM:" I said Hoover, Reagan and GW Bush were the three buffoons who followed "Trickle Down economic" and thus all three crashed the stock market. I should have added a few other presidents also followed the theory (Coolidge and Harding) those two are often sited as great as Lincoln and Washington (kidding!) In fact, most historians rate Harding at the bottom of any list of effective presidents.Andrew Mellon, who had helped found the Alcoa aluminum company and Gulf... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
White House economic adviser Goolsbee won't rule out... Mar 26, 2009
March 30, 2009 Vol. 14, No. 27. Wednesday, March 25, 2009. (The Drudge Report)
Presidential memoirs lack self-criticism Mar 25, 2009
"It's unfair to jump on Bush for not writing a self-flagellating memoir," says presidential historian David Greenberg, whose books include "Nixon's Shadow" and a biography of Calvin Coolidge. "It's a genre, a political genre, and it has different standards, needs to be read differently from other kinds of memoirs.". (MSNBC -- Politics)
Stomped by recession, can our Consumer Nation regroup? Mar 23, 2009
Even as Calvin Coolidge was cautioning that thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character, John Maynard Keynes was insisting that the engine which drives enterprise is not thrift, but profit. When bad things happen, the instinct is to batten the hatches and not spend. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Some Forgotten Presidents Shouldn't Be Mar 22, 2009
On August 2, 1927, President Calvin Coolidge had breakfast in the White House residence with his wife, Grace, and remarked to her I have been president four years today ... Calvin Coolidge could have been re-elected if he had wanted the job for another term. (Townhall.com)
The Sooner ... Or Later State Of Mind Mar 7, 2009
And he was a part-Indian pitching for the Indians with the longest given name in big-league history: Calvin Coolidge Julius Caesar Tuskahoma McLish. As he explained it to me in an interview five years ago, he came from a big family and his mom named all the others easy, simple names. (Cleveland, TheInsiders.com)
Gun-Control Bill Lurks in Revolving Door Mar 5, 2009
"It takes semiautomatic firearms and handguns the guns people use for personal self-defense," Gun Owners of Americas spokesman said, "and sets up a licensure system, that is, the government would have to give you permission to own a gun. The government also can deny that permission, and it would mean an anti-gun administration could use it to ban most guns from private ownership. The key and tragic flaw of this plan is the conversion of a right into a privilege. If liberal Harvard law... (Newsmax)
Read 'Beltway Boys' transcript Feb 24, 2009
You want to go back to Calvin Coolidge. BARNES: No, I'm just tracing a trend here, that is pretty obvious. (Fox News)
Today in History Feb 23, 2009
In 1927, President Calvin Coolidge signed a bill creating the Federal Radio Commission, forerunner of the Federal Communications Commission ... President Calvin Coolidge. (Yahoo News)
Subsidize Bad Behavior? Feb 21, 2009
we have not had a conservative administration since calvin coolidge. quit blaming conservatives for the stupidity of congress, which was bad enough when it was controlled by the rino-democrat coalition, and even worse when controlled by democrats. (Townhall.com)
