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Mayor Gavin Newsom Proclaims Sir Winston Churchill Week and San Francisco Hosts International Churchill Centre Conference 

- Former Secretary of State George Shultz, Political Analyst Chris Matthews, Historian Michael Beschloss And Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas...

The Wrong Man 

JFK’s McNamara mistake. Nineteen sixty was coming to a close. Nikita Khrushchev was boasting that the Soviet Union was cranking out rockets...

Author to bring Abe Lincoln to event 

By Paul White

The Virginian-Pilot

VIRGINIA BEACH

Michael Beschloss finds great irony in the fact that among...

Thomas Sowell: Once again, pushing phony intellectualism 

AMONG THE many wonders expected from an Obama administration, if Nicholas D. Kristof of the New York Times is to be believed, is ending "the...

Unitarian advice 

Counselor Counselor A Life at the Edge of History Ted Sorensen HarperCollins, $27.95, 576 pp. The historian Michael Beschloss has...

Where have all the leaders gone, and how can we bring them back? 

Analyzing the challenges facing America today, Lee Iacocca has asked: "Where have all the leaders gone?" Iacocca seeks individuals who not only...

Lessons From the Front Line 

More than half the presidents have served under a commander before taking office. That service, says historian Michael Beschloss, had a particular...

Presidential historian Beschloss to speak at University of Oklahoma 

Presidential historian Michael Beschloss will lead an informal discussion with University of Oklahoma students at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 5 at the Fred...

Mt. Vernon, Va.: Washington Slept Here 

Shortly before George Washington retired as president in 1797, two of his cherished house slaves--Martha's helper Oney Judge and their chef,...

Presidential Courage 

GOOD GOOD Brave Leaders and How They Changed America 1789-1989 Popular historian writes profiles in courage. Presidential historian du jour...