Public Service Exemplars: “A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement”: Robert C. Weaver
Robert Clifton Weaver was the first secretary of the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Department as well as the first Black person to...
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Mike Martinez
Dec 15, 20228 min read
Public Service Exemplars: “A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement”: Stewart Udall
Stewart Udall was a three-term United States congressman from Arizona as well as secretary of the interior under Presidents John F....
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Mike Martinez
Nov 29, 20222 min read
Cover Art: Scoundrels: Political Scandals in American History
My book Scoundrels: Political Scandals in American History is slated to be published in June 2023. The publisher, Rowman & Littlefield,...
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Mike Martinez
Nov 15, 20227 min read
Public Service Exemplars: “A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement”: Wilbur J. Cohen
Wilbur Joseph Cohen is not a well-known public figure during the twenty-first century, but in his era, he was recognized in some quarters...
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Mike Martinez
Nov 1, 20229 min read
Public Service Exemplars: “A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement”: Hyman G. Rickover
Remembered as a gruff, pile-driving, hard-working, stern taskmaster, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover helped the U.S. Navy modernize its...
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Mike Martinez
Oct 15, 20225 min read
Public Service Exemplars: “A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement”: Frances Oldham Kelsey
Frances Oldham Kelsey is discussed in a chapter of my upcoming book Public Service Exemplars: “A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement.”...
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Mike Martinez
Sep 30, 202211 min read
Public Service Exemplars: “A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement”: Allen Dulles
A chapter of my upcoming book Public Service Exemplars: “A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement” is devoted to Allen Welsh Dulles. Dulles...
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Mike Martinez
Sep 17, 20226 min read
Public Service Exemplars: “A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement”: Ralph Bunche
Ralph Johnson Bunche was a giant figure in the field of American foreign policy. As a diplomat who worked in multiple agencies, he proved...
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Mike Martinez
Sep 1, 20227 min read
Public Service Exemplars: “A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement”: Alice Hamilton
Chapter 8 of my upcoming book Public Service Exemplars: “A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement” portrays a pioneering health advocate,...
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Mike Martinez
Aug 16, 20228 min read
Public Service Exemplars: “A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement”: Robert Moses
Robert Moses was a public servant who spent his professional career in metropolitan New York overseeing public works projects such as the...
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Mike Martinez
Jul 31, 20225 min read
An Update on My Writing Projects
Every summer since I initiated my first blog in July 2011, I have provided an update on my writing projects. Thus, here is my latest...
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Mike Martinez
Jul 15, 20229 min read
Public Service Exemplars: “A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement”: David Lilienthal
David Eli Lilienthal dedicated 19 years of his life to government service, first as director of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the...
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Mike Martinez
Jun 30, 202211 min read
Public Service Exemplars: “A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement”: Leslie Groves
A chapter in my upcoming book Public Service Exemplars: “A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement” is devoted to Lieutenant General Leslie...
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Mike Martinez
Jun 15, 20224 min read
New Book--Libertines: American Political Sex Scandals from Alexander Hamilton to Donald Trump
I am pleased to announce the publication of my 16th book, Libertines: American Political Sex Scandals from Alexander Hamilton to Donald...
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Mike Martinez
May 29, 20222 min read
New Publication on Confederate Symbols
In March 2022, my longtime friend and co-author, M. Christine Cagle, and I published an article titled “Reexamining Confederate Symbols...
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Mike Martinez
May 15, 20225 min read
Public Service Exemplars: “A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement”: Harold Ickes
Harold LeClair Ickes was a progressive Midwestern Republican politician who became the United States secretary of the interior during...
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Mike Martinez
Apr 20, 20224 min read
Public Service Exemplars: A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement: Frances Perkins
Frances Coralie Perkins was a trailblazer, the first woman to serve in an American president’s cabinet. She was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s...
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Mike Martinez
Mar 31, 202210 min read
A German Interlude; or Ass-Kicking the Ugly American
For this blog, I dip back into the archives. This entry, dated September 8, 2011, summarizes my harrowing experience delivering a paper...
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Mike Martinez
Mar 10, 20226 min read
Loving and Losing Daisy (from the archives)
I started writing my blog in July 2011. Sometimes I look back at the archives and reprint my “greatest hits” from the vault. This...
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Mike Martinez
Feb 25, 20227 min read
Public Service Exemplars: A Finer Spirit of Hope and Achievement: Charles G. Dawes
Charles Gates Dawes is not well known in the twenty-first century, but in his time, he was an influential figure in the Republican Party...
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