In the history of the United States, three Presidential elections have seen the winner walk away with 500+ electoral votes - the 1936 election, the 1972 election and the 1984 election. In 1932, Fr...
The biggest arrow that the Federal Reserve has in its quiver to spark a moribund economy is the interest rate cut. The typical interest rate cut is 25 basis points, or 0.25%. A number of times ove...
In the annals of American history, few events capture the imagination quite like the duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. This wasn't just any duel; it was a clash of titans, a moment where...
US Presidential hopefuls are not required to engage in debates when they are running for the highest office in the United States. If a Presidential hopeful decides that they don't want to debate, ther...
Here is one of the great "What Ifs": What if Richard Nixon had worn make-up to the first debate of the 1960 US Presidential election? If he had worn make-up, there is a good chance that he would...
John Rutledge is in the record books for a couple of different reasons. To start, he is the only person to have ever resigned from the Supreme Court TWICE - once, in 1791 (Associate Justice) and a...
Here is something that may never happen again - in the 1820 US Presidential election, President James Monroe ran unopposed. Incumbent James Monroe, who represented the Democratic-Republican party ...
Polling numbers are fairly accurate in this day and age (though not completely infallible), though this wasn't always the case. Case in point: the 1936 US Presidential election between Franklin D....
Harvesting gains before a potential increase in the capital gains rate, or something more ominous? This is the question that investors are asking themselves after Berkshire Hathaway - led by the le...
In 1951, three quarters of the states ratified the 22nd Amendment, four years after it passed Congress. The 22nd Amendment, which was passed by Congress shortly a few years after the death of Fran...
"DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN" This was the headline of the Chicago Daily Tribune on November 3rd, 1948 - one day after the 1948 US Presidential election. The Republican-leaning newspaper, which had ca...
The original Constitution of the United States didn't contain a term limit for the President. The issue was certainly discussed amongst the Founding Fathers, though there was no consensus. Some su...
President Joe Biden has run for President a total of FOUR times over the course of his career, including the most current run in 2024. One of those Presidential runs resulted in success (2020), on...
On Monday, some traders thought that they had just completed the trade of a lifetime. Due to a software glitch, several stocks - including Berkshire Hathaway - were reported to be down over 99%. ...
Earlier today, President Donald J. Trump was found guilty of all 34 counts in his "hush-money" trial. Sentencing is set for July 11th, and President Trump could face up to 4 years in jail. Whi...