by Mike Purdy | Apr 8, 2019 | Books, Quotes
I’m excited to announce the publication of my new book about our presidents – how they’ve historically insulted one another – and what this lack of civility means to us in our current political environment. 101 Presidential Insults: What They Really Thought About Each...
by Mike Purdy | Mar 19, 2019 | Calvin Coolidge, Deaths, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Herbert Hoover, Jimmy Carter, John Adams, Post Presidencies
On Thursday, March 21, 2019, former president Jimmy Carter will go down in history as the longest-living former president. Coolidge was President in 1924: Carter was born on October 1, 1924 in Plains, Georgia. He still lives in Plains today (population: 727) where he...
by Mike Purdy | Dec 4, 2018 | Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Deaths, Donald Trump, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter
What happens when bitter political adversaries are thrust together in a moment of national mourning? That is the unfolding drama at the funeral of former president George H.W. Bush, who passed away on November 30, 2018 at age 94. With his passing, the ranks of former...
by Mike Purdy | Dec 2, 2018 | Deaths, George H.W. Bush
With the passing of former president George H.W. Bush at age 94 on November 30, 2018, our nation lost not only the oldest former president in history, but a man of decency and honor. Sure, he could be a partisan politician, but he understood and valued relationships,...
by Mike Purdy | Nov 25, 2018 | Books, Jimmy Carter, Uncategorized
Jimmy Carter’s smile, confidence, intelligence, and determination paved his unlikely path to the Oval Office in 1976. But once in office, he was hampered by another core feature of his personality: his engineering mindset. He approached issues as technical...
