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Forty years ago today, RN held a ceremony at which Chief Justice Burger swore in the first administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: William Ruckelshaus. RN said: "We are very proud to have had him in the administration in a very distinguished assignment...

Helen Boehm, the well known porcelain sculptor, died last week. She was 89. Dubbed the "Princess of Porcelain," her sculptures can be found in the estates and palaces of foreign dignitaries and heads of state, and have been the mainstay of Presidential gift giving...

Huang Hua, the Chinese diplomat who helped spearhead talks that lead to President Nixon’s historic visit to Beijing died Wednesday. He was 97. Huang served as Ambassador to Egypt and Canada, and following the re-establishment of ties with the United States,...

RN's 1969 Thanksgiving Proclamation: On October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln invited his fellow citizens to "set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next as a day of Thanksgiving..." This was the year of the battle of Gettysburg and of other major...

"[I]t's been some time since a work as nuanced, instructive and fascinating as Going Home to Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969, has appeared," writes Carl Sferrazza Anthony this morning in The Huffington Post.  Mr. Anthony, a former editor...

The snow had fallen in massive quantities the night before and the temperature had plummeted to single digits. And the man who had provided steady and unruffled guidance to the United States of America during a potentially turbulent time, likely found himself watching...

The New York Times reports: Last spring, Seth Grahame-Smith scored a best seller with “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” in which the 16th president slashes away at legions of undead political enemies. Now, another president is enjoying some hot paranormal action,...