by Mike Purdy | Mar 20, 2016 | Abraham Lincoln, Campaigns, Elections, Electoral College, John F. Kennedy, Quotes, Speeches, Thomas Jefferson
What do the candidates for president in 2016 believe, both in terms of faith and policy positions? How important has religion been to our presidents, and what do the current candidates believe about religion? Are there any historical precedents surrounding any of...
by Mike Purdy | Mar 14, 2016 | Campaigns, Elections
On March 8, 2016, I was interviewed on WHDT World News in Florida on why evangelical voters are supporting Donald Trump for president. It’s a great question without entirely satisfactory answers and I wasn’t able to fully address it in the 9 minute...
by Mike Purdy | Mar 8, 2016 | White House
I gave a talk on February 25, 2016 to the Construction Law Section of the Washington State Bar Association on the reconstruction of the White House in the early 1950s. I titled my talk “Barely Avoiding Disaster: Lessons Learned from the Reconstruction of the...
by Mike Purdy | Mar 6, 2016 | Birthdays, Deaths, Elections, James Buchanan, Ronald Reagan, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor
The Wall Street Journal published an article on March 4, 2016 entitled “Age-Old Issue Gets Diminished in Election 2016.” I was interviewed for and quoted in the article. Take a look at the article! Unusual campaign: This election year is different in...
by Mike Purdy | Feb 24, 2016 | Campaigns, Elections, Events
On February 18, 2016, my colleage, Dr. Michael Artime, and I delivered the second lecture out of six in the series “Who Will Win the White House?” Video online now: If you missed the lecture and want to try to make sense out of the 2016 presidential...