by Lenny Cacchio

A few blocks from where I sit is a thoroughfare named after a certain Todd George, a respected citizen of Lee’s Summit, Missouri from generations past.  Not only was he a civic leader, he was also, as legend has it, one of the big shots in the local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan.  (See page 170 of Truman, by biographer David McCullough). Continue reading →