tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post518201075755206552..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Calvin Coolidge and ReformAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-64414731552254156212021-05-14T19:38:23.314-04:002021-05-14T19:38:23.314-04:00Amity Shlaes biography of Coolidge is recommended ...Amity Shlaes biography of Coolidge is recommended highly. His experience growing up in rural New England and what seems to be a extraordinary time at Amerst College is not likely to be repeated today. Not often remembered was his championship of rights for American Indians. He pushed through citizenship for them even though this was not a broad political issue. <br /><br />But what I remember most from the story was his lack of self-importance. While president his young son went off to pick shade tobacco in Deerfield Massachusetts. One of young Coolidge’s co workers told him that if his dad was President he would not be working in the Summer. The reply was simple, “if your dad was my dad you would”.DirtyJobsGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05758528269715802477noreply@blogger.com