by Mike Purdy | Mar 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Presidents are human, just like everyone and deal with a variety of uncertainties and emotions in life. Abraham Lincoln suffered from chronic depression most of his life yet rose above it to become our greatest president. Franklin Pierce saw his 11 year-old son killed...
by Mike Purdy | Mar 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
It is a vast understatement to say that we are living in the midst of earth-shaking, historic, scary, and unprecedented times as a nation and as a world – as we collectively struggle with the impacts of the deadly Coronavirus. A New Reality: We are witnessing...
by Mike Purdy | Jul 21, 2019 | Elections, Franklin Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Inaugurations, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Uncategorized
One of the hallmarks of our democracy is the peaceful transfer of power from one president to another, reaching back to March 4, 1797 when George Washington turned over the reigns of power to John Adams. And while the inauguration of a new president has always been...
by Mike Purdy | Jul 8, 2019 | Resources, Uncategorized
“History is drama. History is human interactions. And I think we as a society and as a country are poorer if we do not know it, and if we don’t in fact learn from it.” This is part of what I said in my interview by The Clio Foundation. I was...
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...
by Mike Purdy | Sep 25, 2018 | Harry Truman, Uncategorized, White House
When Harry Truman assumed the presidency in 1945 upon Franklin D Roosevelt’s death, the White House was a dangerous place. The 145-year-old home of the president was ready to collapse and presented serious safety issues for those working and living in it. White...
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