Raised in the Presbyterian Church, Kirk was a member of the Boy Scouts of America and earned the rank of Eagle Scout. [8][9] He experienced a political awakening in middle school, during which he …

When assembling a new book, he would go through the topics and cross out commonplace notes as he used them. This catalogue of research notes allowed him to rapidly create books, though woven from …

During her first speakership, Pelosi was a major opponent of the Iraq War as well as the Bush administration 's attempts to partially privatize Social Security.

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Keynes spearheaded a revolution in economic thinking, challenging the ideas of neoclassical economics that held that free markets would, in the short to …

Afterward, he was issued a controversial pardon by his successor, Gerald Ford. During nearly 20 years of retirement, Nixon wrote nine books and undertook many foreign trips, rehabilitating his image into …

Friedrich August von Hayek[a] (8 May 1899 – 23 March 1992) was an Austrian economist and philosopher. [2] He is known for his contributions to political economy, political philosophy and …

Elon was an enthusiastic reader of books, and had attributed his success in part to having read The Lord of the Rings, the Foundation series, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. [11][28] At age ten, he …

The two impeachment articles that the House passed were centered around perjury and Clinton using the powers of the presidency to commit obstruction of justice. In January 1999, Clinton's …