Thank you for checking out this blog and its author.
Calvin Coolidge, his era, and American presidential politics are (some of) my hobbies, and this blog is devoted to them. During working hours, I try to move academic-level continuing education forward by working at a public-private partnership university in Berlin; this following a mid-life course correction and college degree in Psychology.
Born in Germany’s Rhineland I now live on the edge of Berlin, although that will change in 2012 when my wife and I move to Berlin proper. While this blog is focused on the abovementioned topics, I may also comment more or less coherently on other areas, among them psychology, the arts, continuing education and lifelong learning.
I appreciate constructive comments, well aware as I am that some of my readers may be far more knowledgeable on thr subjects I presume to write about than I am.
Jim Cooke
Thanks for this information. I had begun to wonder who and where you were or are and/or might be. Have you read John Derbyshire’s novel “Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream”?
Don’t hesitate to send me any questions you may have on Coolidge. I prefer questions I can’t answer. You may know that I “do” another US President – John Quincy Adams: A Spirit Unconquerable!
JQA and Silent Cal are separated by a Century. Coolidge was our last conservative president – John and Abigail’s eldest son was our first liberal president. They form a most interesting contrast.
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Jim
kaiology
Jim, thank you. We actually did correspond a little while ago and yes, I have read -and enjoyed- the Derbyshire book. I’ll try to come up with a Coolidge question you can’t answer
Robert Kirby
In Berlin. Would like to invite you personally to attend the Coolidge Symposium at the JFK Library in Boston October 7, 2010. Amity Shlaes, Joe Thorndike, Jack Bogle, Michael Dukakis, David Pietrusza John Van Til, Carl S. Anthony and others to speak.
Daniel Wright
Hello sir,
Do you know of any effort underway to either: 1. Reprint Edward C. Lathem’s “Calvin Coolidge Says” (1972)? 2. Publish those 365 articles in a new collection? I am looking to do just that if no one else is already working on it. Also, I sure appreciate all the work you put in to this blog. Keep it up!
kaiology
Thank you for the kind comment. As for the question re reprint/republication of the Coolidge columns, I do not presently know of any such project but would advise you to contact Bob Kirby, President of the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation (the original Lathem book was, as you know, published under the auspices of the Foundation), at: robert.p.kirby(at)comcast.net He should know if anything is in the works. Thanks again and best wishes!
Jared
I thought you might like to know that today The Lucidicus Project is tweeting highlights from the book, “Silent Cal’s Almanack” by David Peitrusza. For those not following us on Twitter, there is a brief editorial that includes a bullet list of all our scheduled tweets:
http://lucidicus.org/editorials.php?nav=20110201a
The Lucidicus Project is an independent educational initiative whose mission is to help the general public (and specifically medical students) learn more about liberty and free markets.
Regards,
Jared
J Bruce Gabriel
What a wonderful blog this is. Thank you so much for all the hard work you have done on researching President and Mrs. Coolidge and the Coolidge administration.
I too am writing a Coolidge blog. My blog to date consists almost exclusively of quotes from President Coolidge as well as quotes from when he served as President of the Massachusetts State Senate and as Governor of the Commonwealth.
I simple cannot match Coolidge’s writing ability so at least to this date I have refrained from posting my own comments on my blog. I have to say that you Mr. Kai are an excellent writer as well.
http://nepatriots01752.blogspot.com/
Amity
Kai,
What wonderful photos you have on this site. Shortly we will be doing some Coolidge on Bloomberg View! Could you post some of the sources? We would like to refer to your site, in any case.
kaiology
Amity,
thanks for the mention! And I realize I should always post the sources…I’ll try to go back and fill the gaps. Happy 4th of July, or, as we like to refer to it, Calvin Coolidge’s birthday!