One of the leitmotifs of 2024 American Liberalism, is its  propensity to wheel out, from the crypts of the forgotten, relics of the Obama Liberal Ascendency; to pontificate on the current state of the Republic. Those include Jon Stewart, (the foolish comic who thought Bill De Blasio was so terrific; that he wished to be adopted into his multiracial family, which no longer exists, just like the SAFE New York which existed before Mayor de Blasio no longer exists), Jon Meachem, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Katie Couric. Ms. Couric is a former diva of American journalism; who has been passed by, by history and relevance. Her contribution to the antebellum tension was the following declaration:  “Former TV anchor  Katie Couric  argued President Trump's MAGA base was driven by "anti-intellectualism"….” Of course, MAGA supporters are anti-intellectual, for they have read George Orwell:” “ Some ideas are so stupid that only intellectuals believe them." To bolster the Liberal Eli

The widow of President Abraham Lincoln ,  Mary Todd Lincoln, went nuts after three of her four sons died before their maturities, and her husband  was assassinated. Her last living son locked her up in a loony bin. She is dismissed by history as a shrew, a nag, a spendthrift, a woman with a permanent case of PMS. This Blog would like the Reader to recast Mary Todd in a new light, as one of the most momentous women in history, and THE most momentous woman in  American history. Mary Todd came from a very influential Kentucky family, closely allied with that titan of American politics, Henry Clay, the original War Hawk. Clay had been  Senator from Kentucky, Secretary State of the United States and Speaker of the US House of Representatives, everything but President. And oh how  Mr. Clay wanted to be President, but he never pulled it off. As a flirtatious young girl, up to the age of 14, Mary would sit on the lap of her family friend, Senator Henry Clay and in her best SCARLETT O'