History Buzz May 10, 2012: Robert Caro: LBJ’s ‘Passage of Power’: The Transformation of a ‘Legislative Genius’

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Robert Caro: The Passage of Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 4 LBJ’s ‘Passage of Power’: The Transformation of a ‘Legislative Genius’ Source: PBS Newshour, 5-10-12 SUMMARY Historian Robert Caro has spent nearly four decades telling the story of President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Gwen [...]

History Buzz May 3, 2012: David Maraniss’ “Barack Obama: The Story” Puts President’s Early Romantic Life & Political Views on Display — Excerpts

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Ms. Goodman has also contributed the overviews, and [...]

History Buzz April 1, 2012: Top 6 April Fool’s Day Political Pranks & Jokes

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP April Fool’s six best political pranks on politicians, pundits and people Source: Washington Times, 4-1-12 You would think we would learn, but every year, somewhere, someone, including politicians, forgets that April 1 is April Fool’s Day. And they get pranked. This has been going on [...]

Campaign Headlines March 9, 2012: The Parallels Between Mitt Romney and George H.W. Bush

CAMPAIGN 2012 CAMPAIGN BUZZ 2012 The Parallels Between Mitt Romney and George H.W. Bush Source: NYT, 3-8-12   Left, J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press; right, Yana Paskova for The New York TimesMitt Romney, right, is working to appeal to both the Republican establishment and its outspoken conservatives.  The elder George Bush, left, at a Texas stop [...]

History Buzz February 20, 2012: Presidents’ Day Quiz: How well do you know our chief executives?

  HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Presidents’ Day: How well do you know our chief executives? Source: LAT, Chicago Tribune, 2-20-12 At the funeral of President Richard Nixon in 1994, from left: Then-President Bill and First Lady Hillary Clinton; former presidents and first ladies George H.W. and Barbara Bush, Ronald [...]

History Buzz February 20, 2012: Presidents’ Day Gallup Poll: Americans rate Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton best of recent presidents — Richard Nixon & George W. Bush rated worst

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Presidents’ Day Gallup Poll: Americans rate Reagan, Clinton best of recent presidents Source: LAT, 2-20-12 Former President Ronald Reagan presents then-President-elect Clinton with a jar of red, white and blue jelly beans in November 1992. (Paul Richards / AFP) Presidents Day — or Washington’s Birthday, [...]

History Buzz February 20, 2012: Presidents’ Day: Take the presidential history quiz!

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Presidents’ Day: The quiz Source: WaPo, 2-20-12 It’s Presidents’ Day Monday, but whom the holiday is meant to honor depends on whom you ask. Even the placement of the apostrophe is open to question!… The most recent results of students’ performance on civics exams on [...]

History Q&A February 20, 2012: What is Presidents’ Day Officially Called? Washington’s Birthday — A Brief History of (What You Think Is) Presidents’ Day

HISTORY Q&A: A Brief History of (What You Think Is) Presidents’ Day The first thing to know: it’s not officially called Presidents’ Day Source: Time, 2-20-12 Roger Viollet Collection / Getty Images To set the record straight, today isn’t actually Presidents’ Day. It is still known as Washington’s Birthday, according to the federal government and [...]

History Buzz February 17, 2012: George Washington still tops as most favorable President in Presidents’ Day Public Policy Polling survey

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Poll: George Washington still tops Eighty-nine percent of Americans say they see George Washington favorably. | AP Photo Source: Politico, 2-17-12 George Washington still ranks as Americans’ number one president, according to a new poll out Friday. A whopping 89 percent of Americans say they [...]

History Buzz February 6, 2012: Mimi Alford: Book details JFK affair with teen White House intern “Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath”

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BOOK NEWS Book details JFK affair with teen White House intern Source: AFP, 2-6-12 John F. Kennedy carried on an 18-month-long affair with a teenaged White House intern, according to a new book by the woman who claims to have been the late US president’s lover. Excerpts of the [...]

History Buzz January 16, 2012: Celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Past & Present at the White House

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP President Obama and Dr. King Source: WH, 1-16-12 President Barack Obama tours the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial in Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) It’s been 29 years since President Reagan signed the law to create a [...]

History Buzz December 8, 2011: Terry Golway: NJ Professor Looks Back On FDR’s Handling Of Pearl Harbor Using Radio

HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Terry Golway: NJ Professor Looks Back On FDR’s Handling Of Pearl Harbor Using Radio HISTORY NEWS Source: New York WCBS 880, 12-8-11 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt after delivering a fireside chat (credit: Wikipedia) Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the first great communicator, the first president to seize [...]

Full Text December 7, 2011: President Barack Obama’s Statement on the 70th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor

POLITICAL SPEECHES & DOCUMENTS OBAMA PRESIDENCY & THE 112TH CONGRESS: POLITICAL QUOTES & SPEECHES Statement by President Barack Obama on the 70th Anniversary of the Attack on Pearl Harbor Seventy years ago today, a bright Sunday morning was darkened by the unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor.  Today, Michelle and I join the American people in [...]

On This Day in History… December 7, 1941: 70th Anniversary of Japan’s Bombing Attack on Pearl Harbor

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Ms. Goodman has also contributed the overviews, and [...]

Political Buzz December 6, 2011: President Barack Obama’s Populist Speech on the Middle Class & the Economy at Osawatomie High School, Kansas Channels President Theodore Roosevelt’s New Nationalism

POLITICAL BUZZ By Bonnie K. Goodman Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University. Ms. Goodman has also contributed the overviews, and chronologies in History [...]