Topic: Martin Van Buren

Revolutions are built on a simple idea. Mine is for all Americans, one by one, to leave the two-party system and become independent voters. We...

How Martin Van Buren Made Fashion History

Mark Twain once wrote that "clothes make the man," which is a semi-ironic statement these days considering that fashion is often framed as a female...
A Unique Lyrical Ride Awaits Readers in 'No Apologies Given'. . New book is a collection of provocative and meaningful poems to amuse and inspire...
We bring you a dog of an idea - actually, two of them - from a bunch of vegetables upstate.. . The Legislature is deliberating what product of...

Hail to the Chiefs

Sitting next to Abraham Lincoln in the presidential box at Ford's Theater, I leaned over to tell him I was really enjoying the play when...well, of...

Poinsettia pol gets his day in the sun

Americans will spend $17 billion on poinsettias this year, but the forgotten congressman who "discovered" the Christmas flower has received paltry...

Van Buren girls lose, feel right at home

The results weren't as significant as the setting for Martin Van Buren's girls basketball team on Tuesday.. . The Lady Vee Bees lost to Campus...

The legacy of Martin Van Buren

If there's anything Americans are good at, it's repeating mistakes, like those of Martin Van Buren. At the same time, we repeat those mistakes; otherwise Vietnam might never have happebed(http: Van Buren was human, and he made a mistake ...

Biography: Martin Van Buren

Martin Van Buren, born December 5, 1782, in Kinderhook, New York , and one of five children born to Abraham Van Buren and wife, Maria Hoes. He was the eight President of the United States, holding that office from 1837-1841, and the first ...
The principal is promising that she's committed to the sports program at Martin Van Buren HS.. . Marilyn Shevell has told the Department of...