This week we look at President Warren G. Harding, #38 on the list and the first president in the "bad" category. From Harding's rise as a journalist in Marion, Ohio through his ascent to Governor and eventually president, we examine Harding's laissez...

In this weeks episode of B&P we discuss President Trumps claim that as president he has "absolute power" over all the States; we also discuss the constitutional question of presidents adjourning Congress. Barack Obama descended from the Heavens...

This week we look at President Franklin Pierce, #39 on my list and the last of the "worst" presidents in US history. From a meteoric rise in NH state politics to a lackluster and mediocre term as president, Franklin Pierce is another member of the 1850s..

In this weeks episode we discuss Bernie Sanders dropping out of the Democratic Presidential Primary and how the presumptive nominee Joe Biden will fair against Donald Trump in November. We also discuss who might be the best VP candidate to help Old Joe...

In this episode of B&P we will look at number 40 on the list, James Buchanan, who sat by and did nothing to stop the Southern States from seceding one by one in the months leading up to the Civil War. 

On this episode of B&P, we look at the presidency of Andrew Johnson, America's worst president, and how his failure of leadership helped exacerbate the problems and issues facing the North and South following the Civil War in the early days of...