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On this sixtieth anniversary of the assassination of president John Kennedy, we will examine not 'the man who accompanied Jackie to Paris' but Jackie herself – the woman who redefined the role of first lady for a modern nation. Jackie was not merely the 'wife of the president' but a force onature separate and distinct from the Oval Office.
Join us as we sojourn through the life, trials, and achievements of Jackie B.
On April 26, 2023 Tucker Carlson was invited, most unceremoniously, to leave FoxNews.
At the time of his ejection, Tucker was the single most-watched news host in U.S. history, begging the question, why did FoxNews exile the goose that laid the golden egg to the desert of podcasts and self-styled media analysts?
Per usual, the Jacobins have an angle that will not hear anywhere else.
In early 2020, Donald Trump started warning his supporters of a rigged election in anticipation of what was then an unlikely loss.
In November of 2020, Donald's prediction came true; he lost the election. However, not content to concede with humility, Trump challenged the election results in six states under the campaign "Stop the Steal".
Was there a constitutional basis for challenging the certification of the election?
On September 1, 2022 Joe Biden gave a speech in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. If that's all it was, it would be just another tissue of lies presented by a lying liar, as are all politicians, even presidents.
However, Mumbly Joe and his handlers elevated the verbal and presentational rhetoric of the speech to heights and extremes not seen in American politics since – ever.
Also, we talk about the guy who didn't want to be King Arthur.
On August 8, 2022, FBI agents raided the Florida residence of former president Donald Trump, seizing more than three hundred classified documents. Although decried as a political maneuver by Trump supporters and Biden opponents – the two do not necessarily intersect – the real question is one of presidential power. Is the president accountable to the laws of the executive just as any other citizen or do the president’s proclamations carry the weight of and supersede statutory law?
James and Marc debate the customs and realities of presidential power on Truth and Other Lies: Mishandled.
Everyone knows who the first president of the United States was. Many people know who the second or sixteenth president was. Other historical presidents people know by reputation: Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, and the ill-fated John Kennedy.
Why do some presidents stay in the mind more than others? Is it because of an acquired celebrity status or because they achieved truly noteworthy success during their time as Chief Executive?
And what about the presidents whose names we don’t recall? What did they do – or not do – to be forgotten by posterity?
Join us for a discussion of the country’s six – or is it seven? – Pointless Presidents.