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Coolidge Was A Pragmatist. He Didn't Start Out With A Tax Theory. But He Observed Over Time That Lower Tax Rates Sometimes Brought In Extra Revenue. The Success Of His And Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon's Experiment With Rate Cuts Has Been Obscured By Our Modern History Books.

The 1920s Are The Decade That Signaled The Arrival Of A Gift That Still Means A Lot To Us: Saturday.

With Demands For Special Education Or Standardized Test Prep Being Shouted In Their Ears, Public Schools Can't Always Hear A Parent When He Says: 'i Want My Child To Be Able To Write Contracts In Spanish,' Or, 'i Want My Child To Shake Hands Firmly,' Or, 'i Want My Child To Study Statistics And Accounting, Not Calculus.

The Donning Of The Ear Buds Marks The Beginning Of Teen Life, When Children Set Off On Their Own For The Passage Through Adolescence.

Coolidge Liked The Dignity Of The Presidency. He Didn't Get On The Phone Easily. It's Possible That He Banished The Phone From His Desk. He Was Known To Use It From Time To Time. The Person Who Was Hilarious With The Phone Was Hoover. He Was A Real Engineer. He Made A Closed Circuit Phone Where He Could Call The Important People And They Could Call Him, A Government Hotline, But It Was Closed. He Shut Out The Possibility Of Input From People He Didn't Expect To Get Input From.