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 ...

It was a tale of two presidents and a very unexpected friendship. "First of all, it was a most improbable friendship," Ford ...

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 is a nationally recognized authority on the American presidency and a familiar face to viewers of C-SPAN, as well as *The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer*, where he appears regularly as ...