Richard Norton Smith is a nationally recognized authority on the American ... Great Presidential Wit*, published early in 2001. Perhaps best known as a historian and biographer, Mr. Smith is currently ...

Richard Norton Smith, presidential historian at George Mason University, joins The News Hub to preview of Tuesday night's State of the Union speech from President Barack Obama. Photo: AP.

Richard Norton Smith (born Leominster, Massachusetts in 1953- ) is an American speechwriter and historian. “There’s no excuse for a dull book, a dull museum, or a dull speech,” says Richard ...

Richard Smith is an independent historian. For more than a decade he has been “becoming” Thoreau: dressing up in meticulous 19th-century regalia, reading his essays in front of crowds, fielding ...