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As a Democrat, Kinky Friedman is running a second time for governor in 2010. The humorist views the state of affairs in Texas government as no laughing matter.

Eighth president Martin Van Buren was the father of four sons. "The Van Buren Boys" would grow into four very different men.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, America's 32nd President, was born to a life of luxury and success in New York, which was aided by his personal charisma and intelligence.

Lyndon Baines Johnson, who would later become the 36th President of the United States, began his career as a teacher in Texas before moving on to politics.

Valerie Plame is a former CIA Operations Officer and effective linguist. In 2003 her covert career ended when she was "outed" by journalist Robert Novak.

Jefferson Davis graduated from West Point and later became the President of the Confederate States of America.

Timely and troubling, Richard North Patterson's political drama is a departure from his usual thrillers, but no less thought-provoking.

Make a game out of the Easter egg hunt that involves more than just the hunt. Stick questions, answers, and pictures in Easter eggs and have kids match them up.

Since 1974, pro-life advocates have marched every January in Washington, DC, to demonstrate their disapproval of the 1973 Roe v Wade decision legalizing abortion.

Abraham Lincoln spent 24 years in Springfield, Illinois. Visitors can trace his life here at key historic sites in 2009, the 200th anniversary of his birth.

Born to a Dutch farmer and tavern-keeper in 1782, President Martin Van Buren's fastidious appearance belied his humble origins in Kinderhook, New York.

FDR cultivated the political techniques he used as President during his school years, his work in state and national government, and his run for Vice President in 1920.

Soft-spoken Calvin Coolidge was an unlikely choice for Vice President of the United States, but in 1920, he made it to this position nonetheless.