One more, from the response: I admire the Correctness of your history of the ten talents committed to the Subject of your letter. Upon the talent of his taciturnity Mr Liston gave me the following Anecdote, “that he was the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
George Washington’s “Ten Talents” according to the letter from John Adams, now in full: A handsome face. A tall stature. An elegant form. Graceful attitudes and movements. A large imposing fortune. Washington was a Virginian (this is equivalent to Five[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The adventures through a letter from John Adams to Benjamin Rush, November 11, 1807, continues! Washington was proceeded by favourable Anecdotes. The English had used him ill, in the Expedition of Braddock. They had not done Justice to his Bravery[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From John Adams to Benjamin Rush, November 11, 1807: 6. Washington was a Virginian. This is equivalent to five Talents. Virginian Geese are all Swans. Not a Bearne in Scotland is more national, not a Lad upon the High Lands[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In the letter I’m using from July 16 1775, Abigail Adams quotes Don Sebastian by John Dryden to describe George Washington: I was struck with General Washington. You had prepared me to entertain a favorable opinion of him, but I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today’s comic is in honor of Al Jaffee, who died on Monday at the age of 102, the legendary satirist and cartoonist known for Mad Magazine and of course, the Mad Fold-in. As a working caricature artist myself for a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptPanel 1: The All-seeing Eye of the Unfinished Pyramid thinks to itself, "Deep Thoughts from the Deep State" Panel 2: Eye: "Ever wonder why the shadow government is controlled by the deep state?" Panel 3: Eye: "Because otherwise, it'd[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptPanel 1: Benjamin Harrison is hanging out around George Washington's estate, Mount Vernon. Harrison: "They call me the Centennial President." Panel 2: Harrison: "100 years after George Washington was sworn into office. There I was, to the day, taking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A Presidents’ Day poem from Two Party Opera, starring Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, Jimmy Carter, George Washington, John Quincy Adams, and James Madison. ↓ TranscriptA poem written across four panels: "Roosevelts are Red, Roosevelts are Blue, Happy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptPanel 1: Washington: "Political parties. Factions. Not a fan. Count me out. The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, is itself a frightful despotism." Lincoln: "Washington loves to claim he's non-partisan." Panel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
