Marc JohnsonSep 14, 20156 minWorthy of Winning…“Sincerity – if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.” – Comedian George Burns – – – – – We’ve just experienced a week in politics that...
Marc JohnsonSep 14, 20156 minWorthy of Winning…“Sincerity – if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.” – Comedian George Burns – – – – – We’ve just experienced a week in politics that...
Marc JohnsonJun 8, 20154 minDeath Leaves a Heartache…Any death, it is said, diminishes all of us and we instinctively know the wisdom of that truth even if we rarely acknowledge the...
Marc JohnsonJun 8, 20154 minDeath Leaves a Heartache…Any death, it is said, diminishes all of us and we instinctively know the wisdom of that truth even if we rarely acknowledge the...
Marc JohnsonFeb 26, 20156 minTeaching Old Dogma New TricksStart with the obvious – all politicians pander to one degree or another. It is an occupational hazard of the political art that...
Marc JohnsonFeb 26, 20156 minTeaching Old Dogma New TricksStart with the obvious – all politicians pander to one degree or another. It is an occupational hazard of the political art that...
Marc JohnsonNov 21, 20144 minNot the Party of LincolnLincoln’s Social and Economic Policy In one year of his presidency, 1862, Lincoln signed four nation changing acts. One was the Homestead...
Marc JohnsonNov 21, 20144 minNot the Party of LincolnLincoln’s Social and Economic Policy In one year of his presidency, 1862, Lincoln signed four nation changing acts. One was the Homestead...
Marc JohnsonNov 18, 20135 minFor the PeoplePut a man on the moon in the decade of the 1960’s and return him safely to Earth – no problem. Create a Peace Corps and send idealistic...
Marc JohnsonFeb 18, 20133 minThe PresidentsOl’ Silent Cal came to the Black Hills of South Dakota to vacation in the summer of 1927 and the magnanimous native people who considered...
Marc JohnsonNov 26, 20124 minLessons from LincolnDaniel Day-Lewis once again establishes himself as film’s finest living actor. Before Day-Lewis’ Lincoln, every film version of the life...
Marc JohnsonJun 20, 20123 minAction This DayThe (Almost) Case for Unilateral Action In September 1940, just in front of the election that would make Franklin Roosevelt the first and...
Marc JohnsonApr 6, 20122 minShilohApril 6, 1862 – 150 years ago today – Americans came to understand that their Civil War would be not be over easily or soon. Edward...
Marc JohnsonJan 16, 20123 minDumping the VeepJohn Nance Garner is mostly forgotten now days. If he’s remembered for anything it was for his alleged pity comment that the “vice...
Marc JohnsonNov 30, 20114 minHistoric PoliticsThomas E. Dewey, the one-time mob busting New York City prosecutor and later governor of New York, made three different runs at the White...
Marc JohnsonSep 28, 20114 minTrying TimesAt pivotal moments in American history it has often been the case that the right leader somehow emerged from the chaos of the moment and...
Marc JohnsonNov 26, 20091 minThe First ThanksgivingSecretary of State William Seward drafted Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation in 1863 establishing the last Thursday of November as a national...
Marc JohnsonOct 12, 20091 minMore Lincoln…at Cole and UstickMark this post down as “shameless self promotion.” On October 15th at 7 pm, I’ll be at the marvelous new Boise neighborhood library at...
Marc JohnsonOct 1, 20091 minSpeaking of LincolnThe bicentennial of the birth of the 16th President of the United States has found Holzer lecturing, often several times a week, from...
Marc JohnsonAug 30, 20091 minTalking on LincolnYours truly will have the pleasure of speaking twice in Boise in the next few weeks on two aspects of Abraham Lincoln’s remarkable...