The Hauenstein web page is brought to you by GVSU http://gvsu.edu/hauenstein/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:00:08 EST http://gvsu.edu/images/rsslogo.gif http://gvsu.edu/hauenstein/ 112 33 Associate Director Brian Flanagan on the president's speech... Now you can download us on your iPod!... Syndicated columnist E. J. Dionne keynotes a conference co-sponsored by the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies and the Advocates for Senior Issues.... Michigan Senator Buzz Thomas (D-Detroit) supported Senator Barack Obama's candidacy, while veteran republican politician G. J. Rusty Hills championed John McCain.... Thomas J. Haas, president of Grand Valley State University, spoke at the first meeting of the Hauenstein Center's Peter Cook Leadership Academy.... Speech delivered by Brian Flanagan to the United Nations Association of Kalamazoo... Ask Gleaves: What is the worst mistake a president has ever made?... Ask Gleaves: Are presidential campaigns getting uglier and more personal compared to earlier times in American history?... Gleaves Whitney on Christmas in the White House... Thomas Jefferson's Bible and the Christmas Story... Historian George Nash speaks on the books the founding fathers read.... Video Coverage: Presidential historian and Hauenstein Center scholar in residence speaks on Gerald Ford.... Nearly 450 other books by U.S. presidents -- most first editions and limited editions, many signed by the authors -- soon will have a new home. Bergers is transferring the collection to the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at Grand Valley State University.... The Federalist No. 2 - One Government or Separate Confederacies?... Imperial Presidency and Unilateralist U.S. Foreign Policy... The George W. Bush Presidency After 9/11... Richard Norton Smith on the Law of Unintended Consequences... Former President Bill Clinton spoke to the Economic Club of Grand Rapids on June 18.... Gleaves writes and lectures extensively on the subject of presidential leadership. Below is a sampling of his essays and talks... Dwight Eisenhower was elected president in 1952, making him the first Republican president of the Cold War. This is absolutely crucial in understanding the way Eisenhower handled himself and the country during his presidency.... Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office 84 years ago this week, following the death of President Warren G. Harding.... The 50 best books about America's executive office for college students... Richard Norton Smith on Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan... Recognizing President Ford's achievements on the 94th anniversary of his birth... On June 6, 1944, General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the most powerful man in the world.......