In a way, Calvin Coolidge is better than Reagan. His tax rates were lower, and he cut budgets.

Coolidge showed that the best government was the one that got out of the way. When he refrained, the economy grew, the Ku Klux Klan faded, and Americans got Model A's and automobiles.

Although unions may be good for a worker, singular, they are not always good for workers, plural. Especially when it comes to finding a job.

Anyone who experienced World War I close-hand was grossed out by it forever. It just was so awful.

Disillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building a new sailboat, a project of years.

Our conscience, our faith, our local community, even our online hobby clubs - all civilize us.

Coolidge cut the budget, and even better, cut it during peace and prosperity. He left a federal budget lower than the one that greeted him when he arrived in office. He managed to freeze or cut the budget over more than five years in office. If you look at charts of presidents - Nixon, Ike, and Reagan - you see them failing on this score.