Revolutionary road Mar 14, 2010
The title of Michael O Brien s new history refers to the grueling and virtually solitary winter journey that Louisa Catherine Adams made across war-torn Europe from Russia in 1815 to join her husband, John Quincy Adams, in Paris. And O Brien s subtle and sinuously original book provides a detailed reconstruction of the journey and what it meant to make it. (Boston Globe)
Getting rid of Uncle Joe Mar 14, 2010
De Alva Stanwood Alexander of Buffalo said that "with the possible exception of John Quincy Adams, no one ever entertained the House better." Indeed, the two aspects of Cannon's personality were captured by Blair Bolles, who wrote a 1951 biography that he called "Tyrant from Illinois" even as he titled his first chapter "The Noblest Roman." He wrote of Cannon: "He survives in fame as a tyrant, bursting with mean strategems, but until his sunset years, he was tolerant, benign and fair.". A... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Patriotic Nullification Mar 13, 2010
The minority President John Quincy Adams was pushing a large program of federal expenditures and expanded powers. Adams and his Congressional allies, Jefferson said, for an example, had construed the delegated power to establish post roads into a power to cut down mountains and dig canals. (The American Conservative)
The Era of Good Feeling & American ... Mar 5, 2010
By early 1819, Secretary of State John Quincy Adams concluded the Adams-Onis Treaty, which enabled the legal annexation of Florida. American settlers had already occupied Alabama, jointly claimed by Spain and the United States. (Suite101.com)
Kirk recalls interim Senate service as unforgettable Mar 2, 2010
To be asked by Vicky and the other members of his family to consider an appointment to the US Senate, to the seat that in the path of history was held by John Quincy Adams, Charles Sumner, Daniel Webster, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Edward Moore Kennedy, was an honor that - first of all I could never say no - but an honor I would never have expected. At the end of the 1 1/2-hour forum, Kirk paused when Oliphant read a guest s question: What will you miss most about Senator Kennedy. (Boston Globe)
Most Bizarre House Pets Mar 1, 2010
" More inconceivably, they let the animals breed. Last year New Jersey authorities called in the IFAW to help confiscate 24 tigers from a woman raising them in a suburban home. The great cats lived in a mishmash of shipping containers, industrial fencing and plywood behind the house. A year before that, the IFAW found a Nevada man keeping six tigers and a cheetah. Tigers not weird enough for you? Here are some of the most bizarre yet very real house pets. For an entire list of 12--and they are... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Is Barack Obama Carter-esque? Feb 28, 2010
The word "Carterism" is still used with opprobrium even though the former president is regarded, sometimes along with John Quincy Adams, Herbert Hoover and William Howard Taft, among the finest ex-presidents in our history ... " Historians may fight about the legacy of the Carter era, but despite the many accomplishments Messrs. Carter and Brzezinski set out, most of those who study the years 1977-1981 see them as an unhappy interregnum between the Republican years of Richard Nixon and Gerald R.... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
United States Presidents - Andrew J... Feb 21, 2010
Andrew Jackson resigned as Florida Governor in 1824 and ran for President against John Quincy Adams. Jackson won the popular vote but a lack of an electoral majority sent the vote to the U.S. House who put Adams into office. (Suite101.com)
Wax museum pushes presidents, not pop stars Feb 17, 2010
Washington visitors apparently want to see the likes of John Quincy Adams, Grover Cleveland and perhaps Chester A. Arthur ... Front row are John Quincy Adams, left, and Andrew Johnson. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Mustard That's Fit for a King Feb 17, 2010
What one food connects a revolutionary war veteran with John Quincy Adams, Joseph-Napolean Bonaparte, Edgar Allan Poe, 19th century banker and philanthropist Spencer Trask, a 19th century banker and philanthropist ... Barhyte s tavern and the magnificent trout fishing nearby drew visitors like John Quincy Adams and King Joseph Napoleon of Spain, who repeatedly asked Barhyte to sell him the property. (Fox News)
On Demand Picks Feb 17, 2010
Anthony Hopkins is mesmerizing as John Quincy Adams. (R; runs through Feb 28). (Boston Globe)
Washington's Birthday evolves into Presidents Day Feb 16, 2010
Washington's Birthday evolves into Presidents Day. By Robin Delaney/Managing Editor. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
'LINCOLN' TO THE PAST: Honest Abe's presidential museum is tops Feb 15, 2010
However, some states still celebrate the day as "Washington's Birthday." Such is the case in Massachusetts, though Massachusetts state law still prescribes that the governor issue an annual Presidents' Day proclamation honoring all Massachusetts-born presidents, including John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Calvin Coolidge and John F. Kennedy. Similarly, in Virginia, where George Washington was born, the holiday is legally known as "George Washington Day.". (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Families make politics a tradition Jan 30, 2010
It's an American tradition from John Quincy Adams to George W. Bush that gives political novices an edge. "You have access to your father's Rolodex and a certain advantage among people who recognize the name on the ballot," said Stephen Hess, whose book, America's Political Dynasties, tallied 700 families with two or more members who served in Congress. (Pensacola News Journal)
A Lobe Divided Will Not Stand Jan 29, 2010
The seam separates that brain's John Quincy Adams lobe from its Sigmund Freud lobe. The dominant liberal lobe favors Adams' dictum that politicians should not be "palsied by the will of our constituents." It exhorts Democrats to smack Americans with what is good for them -- health care reform, carbon rationing, etc. (Townhall.com)
Quick impact on Bay Area college baseball Jan 27, 2010
He's a descendant of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. E-mail Tom FitzGerald at. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
How Long Have Politicians Wanted To "Change the Culture of Washington"? Jan 27, 2010
He also styled himself as a man of the people and railed against insiders like John Quincy Adams. His supporters obliged by characterizing him as an agent of change. (Slate)
French Minister Slams U.S. Role in Haiti Jan 19, 2010
As John Quincy Adams so wisely observed. "And now, friends and countrymen, if the wise and learned philosophers... should find their hearts disposed to enquire what has America done for the benefit of mankind... Let our answer be this: America, in the assembly of nations, since her admission among them, has invariably, though often fruitlessly, held forth to them the hand of honest friendship, of equal freedom, of generous reciprocity. She has uniformly spoken among them, though often to... (CBS News -- 60 minutes II)
Lending a hand: Ways the Obamas have helped out Jan 18, 2010
But it wasn't until 1825, when John Quincy Adams became president, that the vegetable garden and surrounding grounds began to flourish. Adams established a nursery for tree seedlings and a two-acre garden filled with vegetables, herbs and fruit trees, as well as flowers, shrubs and shade trees. (Fresno Bee -- Local)
