USIH Crosspost---U.S. Catholic Intellectual History: The Significance Of Douglas Kmiec's Support For Barack Obama

For those of you interested in U.S. Catholic (intellectual) history, this new USIH post might be worthwhile. Although it involves current events, my goal in putting up the post is to look backwards. - TL

A Sitting (Lame) Duck: Bush, Truman, And The Question Of Legacy

I usually reserve political commentary for snarky asides in my Friday Fun history trivia posts. There I take brief jabs---both gratuitous and justified---at those with whom I disagree. But a recent historical comparison is prompting a one-time digression into "the swamp."A CBS News poll this week shows that George W. Bush has tied Harry S Truman for the lowest approval ratings since such