The Patient Is the President: Deaths and Near Deaths in the White House When the president’s life hangs in the balance, the nation’s fate can hang with it. Would modern neurosurgery have saved Abraham Lincoln? Could today’s doctors have saved … Continue reading
The Patient Is the President: Deaths and Near Deaths in the White House When the president’s life hangs in the balance, the nation’s fate can hang with it. Would modern neurosurgery have saved Abraham Lincoln? Could today’s doctors have saved … Continue reading
Richard M. Johnson: America’s Worst Vice President “Rumpsey Dumpsey, Rumpsey Dumpsey, Colonel Johnson Killed Tecumseh” Until modern times, the Vice-Presidency has generally been pretty obscure. FDR’s first Vice President, crusty Texas conservative John Nance Garner, famously said the position “isn’t … Continue reading