Tag Archive for US presidents

Changing names

Lord Norton

A former student has suggested I ask one of the questions about US Presidents that I ask each year in seminars.   Conscious that this is a blog about the Lords – but equally conscious that readership increases when I ask questions about US Presidents! – I thought I would offer a link between a feature…

Choosing a leader

Lord Norton

On Tuesday, Americans will go to the polls.  They will choose between two principal candidates.  The focus on their relative merits has rather obscured discussion of the process by which they became candidates.  Both have risen to the top despite not having any executive experience.  The last Senator to be elected President was John Kennedy…