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Everyone needs a getaway place
Tweet I just finished reading a U.S. News & World Report entitled “Escapes from the White House, a behind-the-scenes history of presidential hideaways.” The article is based on the book From Mount Vernon to Crawford: A History of the Presidents and Their Retreats. Many of our nation’s presidents had their own estates, as they were [...]
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We can’t be caught asleep at the wheel
Tweet I’m reading a fascinating book right now, The First Heroes by Craig Nelson. It’s the story of the famous Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, America’s response to the attack on Pearl Harbor. As I’ve read this book and studied a little about the beginning of World War II, I’ve discovered that America, for the most [...]
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