Millard Fillmore

When vandals become entrepreneurs

2007-03-03 00:00:00

I LEARNED THREE things after reading the account of the 15-year-old boy who tagged a bus while Los Angeles' mayor was on board. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, along with a busload of other officials, were at the Santee Education Complex in South L.A. to...

Ditch the dollar greenback

2007-02-20 00:00:00

EVERY TIME YOU'RE handed a dollar bill, that sound you hear is our government saying, "You're not smart enough." It's also saying, "I can't believe you're going to touch that and not wash your hands afterward." Seriously, think about who gets tipped...

Lincoln, giver of economic certainty

2008-12-07 00:00:00

Last week, I had a chat with my son about his job prospects after graduation from college next May. He was wondering if there were any careers that might be impervious to the ferocious recession gripping our nation by the very throat. So I gave him the...

In the market for campaign memorabilia

2008-11-01 00:00:00

The votes are in, and it's bad news for John McCain. Barack Obama has a big lead in the sale of campaign buttons and other election paraphernalia, outselling McCain 3 to 1 on one memorabilia website. An Obama victory could make some of those pieces...

A presidential quiz

2008-10-19 00:00:00

The 42 men who've been president of the United States share many characteristics besides membership in one of the world's most exclusive clubs. That means, looking at them as a group, we can extract an "average president." The data can't predict who'll...

Author of book that inspired 'Lincoln' visits Norfolk

2013-04-29 00:00:00

Let us imagine that you have 20 minutes to interview Doris Kearns Goodwin about her upcoming talk at the Norfolk Forum. You catch her on her cellphone in Boca Raton, Fla., on her way to the airport, where she may or may not be allowed to fly home to...

Village hoping to lure Knox Show House visitors

2013-04-28 10:04:02

The spotlight may be on the 2013 Decorators' Show House at the Knox summer Estate over its three-week run that kicked off this weekend, but little East Aurora is piggy-backing off the big event which is creating a ton of buzz in the community. "This...

Presidential alumni an elite (and small) club

2013-04-26 00:00:00

At the dedication Thursday of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, President Barack Obama appeared with all four living ex-presidents — George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush and Jimmy Carter. That raised a question: What is the record...

Local hospitals hosting drug drop offs

2013-04-25 07:24:03

Local hospitals are hosting drug drop offs on Saturday, National Drug Take Back Day. Kenmore Mercy and DeGraff Memorial Hospital will be accepting drugs for disposal from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The hospitals will take controlled substances, expired, unusable...

Kaleida to keep community informed about plans for hospital

2013-04-24 03:44:02

Kaleida Health says it aims to be open and transparent with its neighbors as the company develops a process for reusing the current Women & Children's Hospital campus once operations are moved to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Corridor in 2016. During a...

Art Callaham: Some more fun facts about our presidents

2013-03-10 00:00:00

Early after the first of this year, I wrote a column concerning interesting facts about our presidents, and I promised to write more. That column and this one — and possibly some future ones — are based on a book by Cormac O’Brien titled...

My favorite moments of 2012

2012-12-20 14:36:00

Years ago when I was a student at Northwestern University, a handful of executives at America Online came to my class and explained that you, I and everyone we know would soon find ourselves pleasantly stranded on "information islands." We nodded,...

Millard Fillmore

2012-05-31 15:03:00

Johnston & Murphy has handcrafted footwear for every American president since Millard Fillmore in 1850 -- including Abraham Lincoln's boots, above. This tradition continues with President Obama.

2010-01-11 00:00:00

Millard Fillmore ? A reference to the last king of France.

2009-04-29 06:36:54