Articles by Todd DeFeo

About Todd DeFeo

Todd DeFeo loves to travel anywhere, anytime, taking pictures and notes. An award-winning reporter, Todd revels in the experience and the fact that every place has a story to tell. He is the owner of The DeFeo Groupe and also edits Express Telegraph and Railfanning.org.

Rethinking Richard Nixon at his newly refurbished presidential library

December 29, 2016 Todd DeFeo

People who think the Richard Nixon legacy begins and ends with Watergate are primed to miss so much of the 37th president’s legacy.

Draining the swamp: Transition team members agree not to lobby for five years

November 16, 2016 Todd DeFeo

Members of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team must agree they will not lobby for at least five years after leaving the government.

Georgia

Tom Price meets with Donald Trump

November 16, 2016 Todd DeFeo

U.S. Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., was among the potential candidates to meet with President-elect Donald Trump today, a transition team official said on a media call this evening.

Making travel a window into the past

November 15, 2016 Todd DeFeo

The more I travel, the more I understand how beautifully complex the world is.

Trump pulls off a stunning victory, winning presidency as an outsider

November 9, 2016 Todd DeFeo

Donald Trump today pulled off what seems to be the most stunning of victories, knocking off a heavily favored candidate on his way to serve as America’s 45th president.

Donald Trump has pulled off the unthinkable

November 9, 2016 Todd DeFeo

Republican Donald Trump scored an incredible upset this morning over Democrat Hillary Clinton, picking up a series of stunning victories in key swing states.

A failed revolution?

November 8, 2016 Todd DeFeo

Should Trump lose to Democrat Hillary Clinton, it’s incredible to think a candidate who received overwhelmingly negative media coverage and little support from his party could even come so close. When the books are written about this election, will historians view it as a failed revolution?

Chattanooga hotel pays homage to city’s railroad history

November 1, 2016 Todd DeFeo

Chattanooga’s immortality as a railroad town was marked for eternity with the release of Glenn Miller’s “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” a song he recorded in 1941 for the film “Sun Valley Serenade.” The song topped the Hit Parade chart, selling more than a million copies.

We need a better solution for the drunken sailor

October 31, 2016 Todd DeFeo

The many options for the drunken sailor are no good.

It’s time for a Richard Manuel anthology

October 28, 2016 Todd DeFeo

This year marked 30 years since Richard Manuel committed suicide in a Winter Park, Fla., motel room. It’s time for a formal anthology chronicling his career.