Recount: The Movie

April 23, 2024 USGOPO 0

HBO Docudrama about 2000 election. The 2000 presidential election between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George Bush was extremely close. The electoral vote […]

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

April 17, 2024 USGOPO 0

First Exercise of Judicial Review.  On this day in 1803, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Marbury v. Madison.  It is perhaps the most […]

Dismissed

April 3, 2024 USGOPO 0

Truman fires MacArthur. On this day, April 11, in 1951, President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of his duties as the U.S. commander of […]

Nixon to China

March 27, 2024 USGOPO 0

He Re-Opened Relations. In 1972, President Nixon arrived in China and met with Chairman Moa Zedong. The Chinese Communist Party had controlled mainland China since […]

The Lippmann Column

March 26, 2024 USGOPO 0

The Trial Balloon. Walter Lippmann, a widely read columnist for the New York Herald-Tribune and an accepted expert on many subjects, wrote this column below […]