Miss Manners by Judith MartinWhen the Founding Fathers came up with the title "Mr. President," they thought they had devised the ultimate in casual forms of official address. In contrast to the sycophantic titles used toward European monarchs, which they considered unbefitting a republic of equals, this would give the person holding the highest ( Read more... )

Several people have posted links to this video (about 4 min.) by Ron Howard and friends, but this may be even cuter (and uses lots less bandwidth):

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The Library of Congress has a display this month -- National Poetry Month -- featuring poems written by Presidents (before, during, or after their Presidencies). They have a cute introductory essay featuring the Library's Founder here:
"Thomas Jefferson was a poet, and we didn't even know it." The actual site features poems by George Washington, ( Read more... )