History
Another Try on Carter
Shortly after I entered the state of Georgia, former President Jimmy Carter and his wife released a statement saying that they had underestimated the time needed for his recovery. But I still finished the drive and captured the most appropriate…
Notre Dame on Fire
I remember the day we passed by Notre Dame along the river in 2017. I remember that day because we were taken aback by its grandeur. There was simply no photo that could thoroughly capture the beauty of what we…
Historic Serenity with FDR
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, so often beloved in American presidential history, a man quietly crippled for the bulk of his administration by the effects of polio, had originally come to Warm Springs, Georgia during the 1920s, hoping to find a cure.…
The Oldest Living President
This week, with the passing of George H. W. Bush last November, Jimmy Carter became the oldest living president in American history. But this week also coincided with my trip through Georgia, where I visited the place Carter was born,…
Atlanta, Georgia
Aside from testing my fear of heights in a towering hotel (I literally got weak in the knees and couldn’t look down), my visit through Atlanta was mostly rooted in historical reverence, visits to the Carter Foundation as well as…
A Presidents Day Message
Nestled between the untouchably humble Calvin Coolidge and the untouchably favored FDR is one of the more historically maligned presidents of the 20th Century, a man so low on the totem pole of American memory as to warrant only a…
About Hamilton
In the early aughts (2002-2009), after my wife and I got married, my little brother and my little sister used to come and stay with us on breaks from school. Aspiring to be though not yet fully an educator, I…
The Great American Painkiller
Between mid-January and early February, I sat down to read Beth Macy’s Dopesick, namely because it covered a subject for which I was only vaguely familiar and because opioid addiction has only just recently garnered a bigger and bigger flashlight…
Andrew Johnson’s Grave
Whether you love them or hate them, some of the greatest presidents are buried in some of the most obscure and humble yards while some of the most notorious presidents have been raised up with glorious headstones in the small…
A Credit to Intelligent Minds
In the days and weeks that followed the collapse of the World Trade Center, I was working the night shift at a small hotel along the Pennsylvania Turnpike. I glued myself to the lobby television and met with several guests…
