A few days ago, I received an email from the White House inviting me to share my “Obamacare disaster” story. So, I did. I explained how Obamacare has affected my husband’s pay. He’s in the medical field and, along…
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What’s there to say about a man who only served 31 days as president and then died? Well, not much about William Henry Harrison’s presidency, that’s for sure. However, his campaign to get there was pretty interesting. The…
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Our 8th President of the United States: Martin Van Buren You can blame Martin Van Buren for all those pesky career politicians out there. Historians claim him as the first ever professional politician. He started it…
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Andrew Jackson, Our Nation’s 7th President: A Dueler, a War Hero, and a “Dangerous Man” You could say Andrew Jackson was a little rough around the edges. He grew up in the back country of the Carolinas,…
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Do you know how much money reporters make straight out of college? Go ahead and take a guess. Journalism is so glamorous, the salary has got to be sustainable, right? Wrong. Most journalists make jack squat.…
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“I can’t remember the last time I watched the news” and “I have no idea what’s happening in the world,” are a common, yet alarming, response I get from friends when conversation turns to the news…
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If you follow us on Instagram, you may remember one of John Quincy Adams’ favorite pastimes. But if you weren’t able to catch our Presidents’ Day fun facts earlier this week, we posted an interesting tidbit…
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James Monroe, Our Nation’s 5th President By: Brittany Today we are featuring our nation’s fifth president, James Monroe. This post is part of our U.S. Presidents 101 series. If you’ve been following along with us, you…
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Today we are featuring our nation’s fourth president, James Madison. This post is part of our U.S. Presidents 101 series. If you’ve been following along with us, you’ll remember one of my goals this year is to learn all…
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And a Thing or Two about Twitter By: Andrea “Don’t they realize he wasn’t actually the one tweeting? It was his press secretary!” I exclaimed to my coworker as we watched the news pour in after a State…
