Cal Ripken was a great ballplayer for the Baltimore Orioles, but Calvin Coolidge was a great president, quite possibly the most forgotten of our best chief executives. Alan Snyder at Big Government explains why we should all remember Mr. Coolidge with respect and gratitude.

My admiration for Coolidge, however, is as much for his political character, as for his political principles. Snyder rightly points to this explanation for why Coolidge chose not to seek another term in the White House, which he almost certainly would have won had he sought it: