“As you may recall, Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally left Washington in 1953, thanks largely to the Korean War. Today, however, he is thought to have been a solidly good president, a 'Near Great' even, in the terminology of those surveys of historians they do every now and then.” MayHas BeensWarTodayLeftPresidentThanksHistorianNow And ThenRecallsKoreanSurveysTerminologyTrumanKorean War Author:Thomas Frank
“In 1953, after the armistice ending the Korean War, South Korea lay in ruins. President Eisenhower was eager to put an end to hostilities that had left his predecessor deeply unpopular, and the war ended in an uneasy stalemate.” WarEndsLeftPresidentLaysSouthRuinsKoreaHostilityKoreanUneasyPredecessorsSouth KoreaKorean WarArmisticeStalematePresident Eisenhower Author:Noah Feldman
“When the [US] president writes to Kim Jong Il, the son, the Dear Leader, he doesn't call him Dear Mr President, he calls him Dear Mr Secretary. Have you ever noticed that? Why is that? Because he's not the president of North Korea, he's the head of the Communist Party, the North Korean Workers' Party and he's the head of the Army. He's not head of the state. The head of the state is his father, who's been dead for 15 years.” WritingYearsStatesFatherPresidentPartyLeaderSonArmyWorkersDearCommunistSecretaryKoreaNorth KoreaKoreanKimCommunist PartyUs PresidentNorth Korean Author:Christopher Hitchens
“President Bush said that American workers will need new skills to get the new jobs in the 21st century. Some of the skills they're going to need are Spanish, Chinese, Korean, because that's where the jobs went. Who better than Bush as an example of what can happen when you take a job without any training.” NeedsSaidHappensJobsPresidentCenturyExampleSkillsTrainingWorkersChinese21st CenturyPresident BushKoreanNew JobAmerican WorkersNew Skills Author:Jay Leno
“This is America, where a white Catholic male Republican judge was murdered on his way to greet a Democratic Jewish woman member of Congress, who was his friend. Her life was saved initially by a 20-year old Mexican-American gay college student, and eventually by a Korean-American combat surgeon, all eulogized by our African American President.” WayYearsAmericaPresidentWhiteStudentsCollegeJudgingRepublicanGayMembersCatholicDemocraticMalesCongressSavedAfrican AmericanCombatMexicanSurgeonsKoreanAmerican PresidentCollege StudentsMexican American Author:Mark Shields