john adams

I watched the first two episodes of the new John Adams mini-series on HBO last night. I had read the book by David McCullough (sp?) and was really looking forward to it. The first episode made me nauseous. It was shot mostly with a hand held camera from a claustrophobic range. It seemed like...

United First Parish Church in Quincy, Mass -- popularly known as the Church of the Presidents because the Adams family (including John and John Q) were members and are buried in the churchyard -- is planning on raising a banner proclaiming its current members to be "People of Faith for Marriage...

It is easy to make fun of Dubya's stupidity and there are probably a hundred websites dedicated to that purpose. I don't expect all of our Presidents to be the giants that the likes of Washingtion, Adams and Jefferson were, but I would expect them to maintain some sort of the basic core...