leon czolgosz

Teddy McCain

McCain sees himself in Teddy Roosevelt mold - International Herald Tribune McCain sees himself in Teddy Roosevelt mold No wonder I can’t stand the guy.* But it explains a lot. *Theodore Roosevelt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In 1901, as Vice President, the 42-year-old Roosevelt succeeded President William McKinley after McKinley’s assassination by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. He is the youngest person to become President.[4] He was a Progressive reformer who sought to move the dominant R read

Interview: Magnolia Summer, Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 Presidencies

(Chris Grabau of Magnolia Summer) Magnolia Summer's Chris Grabau has been hard at work recording new music as of late, but the first new music to emerge from his project in a while is a track on the Of Great and Mortal Men: 43 Songs for 43 Presidencies project. Grabau recently took time to answer some questions about the track on which Magnolia Summer appears, "William McKinley: Czolgosz's Dream." (For reference: McKinley, our 25th president, was born in Ohio and assassinated by Leon Czolg read

OLD SONGS: THE BALLAD OF EMMA GOLDMAN

THERE ARE A LOT OF STORIES associated with this song, and there isn't room enough to tell them. Suffice it to say the song is the product of a half-decade in my early 20s spent as part of a rather large anarchist community in the Twin Cities, starting in about 1992; I reckon this song was written about 1993. It actually borrows from a poem published in a paper in 1901, published shortly after the assassination of President William McKinley at the hands of a self-proclaimed anarchist named Leon read

#25 - William McKinley, 1897-1901

Our 25th President, William McKinley was the third to die at the hand of an assassin. McKinley was a well liked politician (if there is such an animal) and was elected to the House of Representatives, where he served 14 years and was twice elected Governor of Ohio. After leaving office in 1896, he started running for the presidency at the urging of his friend and political adviser, Mark Hanna. When he was elected President in 1892, he was swept into power by the largest margin of popular votes read

the fringe of the fringe

Londonstani on the wider implications of the Nicky Reilly case: When Londonstani was growing up in his (still) unfashionable corner of the capital, Muslims were definitely not cool or "counter culture". There was little to excite your average hoodie in middle-aged subcontinental men with funny beards and short trousers. (If you're new to "hoodies", click here) Al-Qaeda changed that image, but it doesn't mean it controls it. Londonstani has spent a good few months hanging around with hoodies all read