Coming February 6, 2024 . . .
MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Thanks for this. John Quincy especially is a much underappreciated Prez, mho, I'm a fan. Not the least of which he was a waaay ahead of his time policy wonk and "technocrat" (so much so that he could probably time travel to the 21st century without much trouble). Reality based with great vision of the future. Didn't give a shit about his own popularity, confident in his own skin from being raised in Europe and education. Did his best to ameliorate some pretty vicious tribalism through compromise while mostly basically trying to push doing the right thing for the country at the same time. Kept pushing, kept trying whenever he failed, didn't give up. Disproves the "dynasty" thing doesn't always have to be bad, not if they're raised right.
by artappraiser on Sun, 04/14/2019 - 9:13pm
Sean Wilentz' takeaway, alas: The Problem With High-Minded Politics
John Adams and John Quincy Adams’s virtuous disdain for partisanship was at the root of their failures.
Book review of The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality by Nancy Isenberg and Andrew Burstein; Viking
for TheAtlantic.com, May 2019 issue
by artappraiser on Sun, 04/28/2019 - 11:22pm
Note that on the side menu to Wilentz's piece there are these two related pieces:
The Revival of John Quincy Adams by David Waldstreicher. from July 11, 2017
Donald Trump and the Legacy of Andrew Jackson by Steve Inskeep, from Nov. 30, 2016
by artappraiser on Sun, 04/28/2019 - 11:36pm
Ah, light reading to start the week...
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 04/29/2019 - 12:44am