Smithsonian Magazine on MSN7d
How a Stuffed Animal Named Billy Possum Tried—and Failed—to Replace the Teddy Bear as America’s National Toy
In 1909, wealthy widow Susie W. Allgood marketed a plush marsupial inspired by President William Howard Taft. But children ...
Jacksonville Journal-Courier on MSN9dOpinion
Commentary: The wildly terrific and terrible Theodore — Alexandra Paskhaver
Without T.R., modern America would be much different. For one, we wouldn’t have the plushy children’s toy that bears his name ...
Slouching toward Mount McKinley: Trump and the end of the American century
Moving on from such fractured facts and scrambled history, Trump suggested the foreign policy principles that would guide his ...
CounterPunch4d
Slouching Towards Mount McKinley
In the weeks leading up to the recent presidential inauguration in Washington, this country and an anxious world expected ...
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5 Presidential Suites With Fascinating Histories At U.S. Hotels
At the historic Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs, guests can experience the same accommodations once enjoyed by President Theodore Roosevelt ... shop owner saw a political cartoon in the ...
Truthout7d
Trump’s Inaugural Speech Signaled His Agenda by Invoking McKinley’s Ghost
That campaign also carried American political satire to new heights as ... when McKinley’s vice-president and successor ...
America’s designs on annexing Canada have a long history − and record of political failures
Trump is not the first American leader to dream of northern expansion. History suggests these designs reveal simmering ...
AlterNet on MSN3dOpinion
It's official: The 'American Century' is over | Opinion
In the weeks leading up to the recent presidential inauguration in Washington, this country and an anxious world expected ...