How the Specter of Andrew Johnson Haunts Donald Trump

by Mike Purdy | Jun 30, 2019 | Andrew Johnson, Donald Trump, Impeachments

A drama of monumental proportions and historic significance is unfolding every day in Washington, DC. There are endless predictions and speculation by politicians, pundits, and the people about whether Donald Trump will join the ranks of Andrew Johnson and Bill...

Ohio Radio Interview About My New Book

by Mike Purdy | Jun 4, 2019 | Bill Clinton, Books, Donald Trump, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Quotes, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, Warren Harding, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson

Listen to this 22 minute radio interview between host Adam Lepp of WWGH 107.1 FM (Marion, Ohio – home of President Warren G. Harding) and presidential historian Dr. Ronald Feinman (author of Assassinations,Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew...

Podcast: Civility, Presidential Relationships, and My New Book

by Mike Purdy | Jun 2, 2019 | Books, Donald Trump, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson

I was recently privileged to join Annie Mesaros on her podcast “God Help Us,” which she founded and hosts. We discussed civility (or the lack thereof) in our public discourse, historical presidential relationships, the current president, and the 2020...

The Politics of Impeachment

by Mike Purdy | May 8, 2019 | Constitution, Donald Trump, Impeachments, Richard Nixon

I recently wrote an Op-Ed for TheHill.com entitled “Impeachment without conviction plays right into Trump’s hands.” There are three broad options regarding impeachment: Impeach Now: The House of Representatives should impeach the president now...

An Uneasy Peace

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...

The Hands and Halls of Power

by Mike Purdy | Sep 3, 2018 | Calvin Coolidge, Donald Trump, Events, John Tyler, Presidential Sites, Secret Service, Uncategorized, Vice-Presidents, White House

I left the air-conditioned comfort of the elegant Willard Hotel – the long-established “Residence of the Presidents” – a little after 5:00 pm. I immediately felt like I had just been immersed into a hot and muggy sauna. Welcome to Washington, DC! It was a sweltering...