Tag Archives: History

Re: Historical Facts And Politico’s Latest E-Book

Posted on April 6, 2012 by mattcorley

Earlier this week, I noted that the confident scribes of Politico’s latest campaign e-book bungled a basic historical fact, namely that they included Gerald Ford’s squeaker of a primary win in 1976 in a list of GOP nominees who “were … Continue reading →

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Historical Facts And Politico’s Latest E-Book

Posted on April 4, 2012 by mattcorley

Politico is out with their second campaign 2012 e-book, which is chock full of all the easily digestible insider musings and subtle but not too subtle self-praise one comes to expect from authors Evan Thomas and Mike Allen. According to my … Continue reading →

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Christina Jeffrey’s Son Writes Letter To The Editor Criticizing Newt

Posted on January 29, 2012 by mattcorley

Last week, I discussed what I consider to be both a revealing and embarrassing episode from Newt Gingrich’s tenure as Speaker in the House, which resulted in the House going without an official historian for a decade. In short, Gingrich … Continue reading →

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Historian Newt Gingrich Responsible For Decade Long Lack Of Official House Historian

Posted on January 25, 2012 by mattcorley

As pretty much everyone knows, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich likes to cast himself as an expert on just about everything thanks to his long ago PhD in history. He’s even claimed that he was hired by Freddie Mac to … Continue reading →

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A Fact That Is New To Me

Posted on November 5, 2011 by mattcorley

For class, I’ve just started reading David Mayhew’s Divided We Govern. In the preface to the 2nd edition, Mayhew notes that of the eight possible permutations of partisan control of the House, Senate and presidency, the current set up with … Continue reading →

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Interview Mix: Paul Adler, An Advocate For Historically Informed Pop Music And Politics

Posted on October 17, 2011 by mattcorley

Despite being derided by Ann Althouse’s Googling commenters as an “outside agitator” in Wisconsin, Banalogies blogger Paul K. Adler is actually an award-winning graduate student at Georgetown University, where he is well on his way to earning a PhD in Modern … Continue reading →

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