Who’s Your Daddy?

President Grover Cleveland enjoyed a sparkling reputation.  He got his start in local politics in Buffalo and served as sheriff and later as mayor. His skills a politician took him ...

Will lead the free world for $$

Most of the early American Presidents were wealthy men.  As they say in Palm Beach, these early national leaders also came from old money.  The obligations of the presidency often ...

The Case Against Smock Marriages

Whenever I hear someone lament about the good old days I tend to give them a sideways look to indicate my disbelief. While the stories our grandparents tell us about ...

The most missingest man in New York

  I find it very curious about what would motivate someone to walk away from their life without a trace.  The idea of staging one’s death or disappearance is sexy and ...

The Gospel According to TJ

The Judeo-Christian tradition in the United States notes the ardent faithfulness of the American founding fathers.  However, their level of religious engagement looks much different than current images of American ...

What is Buried in Grant’s Tomb?

So what is buried in Grant’s Tomb? If you have been reading the last few posts you will no doubt answer—Dirty Laundry!  So this little journey in to the life ...

Crédit Mobilier Scandal

From what we have seen in the last week, President Grant more than represented on the Presidential Scandal Scale.  He might have been much better off going back to work ...

Grant’s All You Can EAT!

  There were so many scandals during the Grant Administration that newspapers of the time referred to his presidency as the Great Barbeque because folks just helped themselves to whatever profit ...

Grant’s Whiskey Ring

As Killer History noted in our last blog post, the Grant Administration was rocked with many scandals that would have certainly brought down a lesser political figure. The ability of ...

Grant’s Black Friday

The Civil War and Reconstruction years were characterized by the absence of the traditional American two-party system in Washington.   The Democrats were traditionally a Southern Party and during and following ...