In opening post for this series I indicated what I would use as the two fundamental yardsticks for the ranking of presidents. The first was foreign policy, with principled national self-interest as the ideal and standard of measurement. The second was domestic policy, with respect for the individual’s rights to life, liberty, property, and the [...]
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Ranking America’s Presidents: The “Punters”
Posted in American History, tagged Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan, John Quincy Adams, John Tyler, presidential rankings on March 16, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Ranking the Founding Presidents
Posted in American History, tagged George Washington, James Madison, James Monroe, John Adams, Monroe Doctrine, presidential rankings, Thomas Jefferson on March 2, 2009 | 10 Comments »
In tackling the question of presidential rankings for just the Founding presidents I came to realize what an incredibly difficult thing it is to sort out even this small group, let alone all forty-three presidents so far. With this group, the act of putting one person above another feels like an injustice to the one [...]
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