• John Kerry and Swift Boating

    John Kerry and Swift Boating

    In 2004 two blue bloods faced off in the presidential election. Incumbent President George Walker Bush was challenged by John Forbes Kerry. Both hailed from aristocratic families of the northeast, although Bush’s father, the forty-first president, had migrated to Texas after serving as a naval combat pilot in World War II. Kerry was born in…

  • Mind Games

    Mind Games

    The second presidential debate of 2024 is coming up on Tuesday, September 10th, also very early. Presidential debates have become a big part of America’s selection process for the last six decades. Many iconic or ‘viral’ moments have both helped and hurt nominees. President Biden’s June 27th performance ultimately drove him from the race.            …