[petitfour]

Here's a story about Forrest McDonald dining with President Bush in December. I'm not sure why the Tuscaloosa News printed a story about it a month later, but they did. I did not see this story when it was published, or I would have posted it then. There's a pic that accompanies the story, but I'm too lazy to figure out how to post it. :)

[CyberAnt]

Post pictures

[Publius]

McDonald is a conservative historian, but a Hamiltonian, rather than a Jeffersonian, conservative.

His book States' Rights and the Union should be required reading for those who wish to participate in FR threads on this subject.

I recommend that FReepers hit Amazon and buy everything Professor McDonald has ever written. He is one of the best historians I've ever encountered, and his prose style is easy to understand. Even Novo Ordo Saeculorum, which is a tough slog at times, is a critical books if you wish to understand the philosophers who drove the Founders' thoughts.

[Jemian]

“[Bush] said a very interesting thing. He said that when he came into office, this country was so close to economic collapse that if he had not acted quickly, there would have been some serious trouble.

You mean the previous administration did not provide the wonderful economic boon as we all thought? Imagine that! /sarcasm

This needs more publicity during this election year.

[bourbon]

Thanks for the ping! The last time I saw McDonald was at a Philadelphia Society meeting about four years ago. I was flattered that he remembered me from his undergrad. history class at Alabama. Unfortunately, I was only able to take one of his classes while I was there. (sigh...)