E Pluribus Trivia
Odd and fascinating facts about our vice presidents.
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Tag Archives: Politics
The Worst 10 1/2* Vice Presidents
A selective view of some who were No. 2 in more ways than one.
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America’s Wealth Gap
What is to be done about the yawning difference between the super rich and the rest of us?
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America’s Wealth Gap Through the Years
According to the Post archives, America has been wrestling with the wealth gap for the last two centuries.
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The Roosevelt Period
In 1919, former U.S. Senator Albert J. Beveridge reported on the economic evolution of the early 20th century.
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Swollen Fortunes
In a 1906 article, author David Graham Phillips defended President Teddy Roosevelt’s attack on the corrupting power of the super rich.
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One Year of Roosevelt
In 1902, Post reporter William Allen White summarized the first year under the Roosevelt Administration.
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Corporate Corruption
In an 1833 article, Andrew Jackson shared his suspicion that the Bank of the United States intervened in local and national elections.
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Is Roosevelt a Menace to Business?
In 1907, Post contributors presented different viewpoints on whether President Roosevelt aided a square deal in business operations.
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Classic Covers: Election
It is said that politics makes strange bedfellows. Perhaps it does, but over the years, it has also made for great Post covers!
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Cartoons: Campaign Comedy
First it was the Republican Convention. Then the Democratic Convention. My fellow Americans, it is time for a Cartoon Convention!
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What True Grassroots Campaigns Looked Like
The way we choose our president has changed over the years. A 1903 Post article spells out dramatic shifts in voting laws from a different era.
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The Long Tradition of the Smear Campaign
We had a respectable election once, and the winner was George Washington. In a 1976 article, Jack Anderson pointed out that when the next election came around, the gloves were off and tar buckets filled.
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America’s Painful Divide
The country is polarized and embattled to the point of dysfunction. What will it take to bring us back together?
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Jonathan Haidt
Bill Moyers interviews Jonathan Haidt, author of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion. Haidt’s article “America’s Painful Divide” was published in the Sep/Oct 2012 issue of The Saturday Evening Post.
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Big Money and Women Voters: Who Really Chooses the President?
In the 1940s, George Gallup tested his theory that presidential elections are decided long before they even begin.
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The Regular Party Man
In 1911, J.W. Foley waxed poetic about straight-ticket voting.
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