Theodore Roosevelt throughout his life eagerly embraced new technology, and so it was no surprise that during the 1912 election he recorded some of his speeches. Go here for links to the sound recordings of these speeches. I wish there … Continue reading
From the Deadliest Warrior television series. I have always enjoyed absurd alternate history speculations a la “What if Napoleon had a B-52 at Waterloo?” By the time Lawrence of Arabia arrived on the scene TR was getting fairly long in the … Continue reading
Death had to take him in his sleep, for if he was awake there’d have been a fight. Thomas R. Marshall, Vice President of the United States, on hearing of the death of Theodore Roosevelt One of his worst … Continue reading
(I couldn’t resist reposting this on the hundredth anniversary. If Theodore Roosevelt were a fictional character, this passage would be rejected by an editor as being impossible!) A recording of a speech by that force of nature otherwise known as … Continue reading
Two Presidents have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Barack Obama in 2009, for no reason I can discern other than a slap at his predecessor George Bush by the left-leaning award committee, and Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 for being … Continue reading