Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt's Controversial Dinner With Booker T. Washington

Posted 05.24.2012

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The following is an excerpt from "Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation" [Atria, ...

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Is That All There Is? Rugged Indvidualism

Dimitri Hamlin | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: John F. Kennedy, American Exceptionalism, Turner Thesis, Rugged Conformists, Walter Huston, Cooperstown, Amish, Frederick Jackson Turner, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Whiskey Rebellion, Theodore Roosevelt, Manhood at Harvard, Alexis De Tocqueville, Henry David Thoreau, James Fenimore Cooper, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Gary Cooper, Jean-Paul Sartre, Great Depression, Herbert Hoover, Humphrey Bogart, Emma Lazarus, William James, B. Traven, Trust, The Moral Equivalent of War, Kim Townsend, Natty Bumppo, Barack Obama, John Huston, Rugged Individualism, Hawkeye, Francis Fukuyama, High Noon, Reading Terminal Market, Self-Reliance, Autarky, Deerslayer, Mind, Religion News
Dimitri Hamlin

It's a good thing that, when push comes to shove, we're really not rugged individualists. I'm thinking that it's almost time for us to accept who we are.

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Teddy: The President and the Bear

Lauren Bush Lauren | Posted 04.19.2012

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Lauren Bush Lauren

This President's Day weekend, I would like to remember President 'Teddy' Roosevelt, and pay homage to his many legacies -- the teddy bear being one of them.

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It's Rambo Time: Covert Ops Drives Pentagon Strategy

Danny Schechter | Posted 04.16.2012

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Danny Schechter

These units like Special Forces, Delta Force, SEALs, and Rangers often operate outside the chain of command and, as they become institutionally stronger, tend to dominate military decision-making.

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Constitution Check: Should the People Be Able to Veto Supreme Court Decisions?

Lyle Denniston | Posted 04.03.2012

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Lyle Denniston

There is an ongoing, civil discourse about various ways to ensure that the Supreme Court does not have the last word on the Constitution's meaning.

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Obama Sics Media On Romney

Dan Kennedy | Posted 03.26.2012

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Dan Kennedy

The media are having no problem decoding the not-so-secret message from last night. Obama wants us to know that Mitt Romney is what the president's new role model, Theodore Roosevelt, would have called a "malefactor of great wealth."

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President Obama Following Roosevelt's Lead on Foreign Policy

Steve Westly | Posted 03.24.2012

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Steve Westly

Teddy Roosevelt once said: "Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft." President Obama has mastered that lesson and we are all safer for it.

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A Pre-fab Candidate With Pre-fab Pronouncements for a Pre-fab Country

Charles Redfern | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Leadership, Theodore Roosevelt, Aung San Suu Kyi, Nelson Mandela, Republican Primary, South Carolina Primary, Mitt Romney, Elections 2012, Thomas Dewey, Republican Party, Politics News
Charles Redfern

Mitt Romney has it all twisted. Should I be pro-choice or pro-life? Consult the polls. Am I a moderate or conservative? Whet my finger to the wind. Winning is the cause; convictions are the means, so change the means by all means. He bows to the great God of this age, "Me."

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Supporting Obama: The Constitutional Case for Recess Appointments

Victor Williams | Posted 01.03.2012

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Victor Williams

As high level federal vacancies continue to damage our government and economy, Barack Obama considers how best to push back against Senate confirmati...

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Obama's Mount Gushmore

Ken Blackwell | Posted 02.23.2012

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Ken Blackwell

Well, that didn't last. President Obama went out to Osawatomie, Kansas, to deliver what the White House told us in hushed tones was a major address. H...

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What Was Missing in Kansas: the Greatest Generation's Political Power

Harvey J. Kaye | Posted 02.12.2012

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Harvey J. Kaye

The men and women who saved the nation from economic destruction and political tyranny, and went on to create the middle class and turn the United States into the strongest and most prosperous nation on earth, didn't do so simply by having the right values and working hard to achieve them.

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The Accidental Truth-Teller: Glenn Beck, the Tea Party and Race

Will Bunch | Posted 02.12.2012

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Will Bunch

Whatever his reason, the idea that Beck re-injected into the national conversation -- that race and the Tea Party are linked -- is an important one.

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30 Years Of White House Christmas Ornaments (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 12.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- If there's still a bare spot on your Christmas tree, you might want to check out the ornaments from the White House Historical Associati...

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Obama Opts for the Clinton-TR Third Way

Lanny Davis | Posted 02.07.2012

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Lanny Davis

President Obama's "Renewed Nationalism" speech sets important themes for his 2012 campaign. The irony is that those who praised Obama's speech among the base of the Democratic Party missed how Clintonian it was.

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Two Speeches, Two Lefts: Barack Obama and Teddy Roosevelt

Jedediah Purdy | Posted 02.06.2012

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Jedediah Purdy

Yesterday, Barack Obama sounded a little like Theodore Roosevelt: scourge of wealthy special interests, champion of a middle class society, defender of government's necessary role in the economy. But there were big differences as well.

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Celebrating a Virtually Forgotten Media Maestro

David Tereshchuk | Posted 02.02.2012

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David Tereshchuk

December's days are to dwindle down to year's-end, and I'm already into holiday time's mental excursions. They're taking me off-road a bit, into the b...

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Occupy Wall Street - A Message from Osawatomie

Terry Newell | Posted 01.14.2012

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Terry Newell

Angry with the power of special interests, Theodore Roosevelt would go on to form the Progressive Party. Though he would fail in his bid for the presidency in 1912, the party's platform sounds like a catalog of legislation we now take for granted.

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3 Bully Lessons in Leadership for President Obama From Teddy Roosevelt

Kermit Roosevelt | Posted 11.18.2011

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Kermit Roosevelt

Barack Obama shares some characteristics with Roosevelt -- both wrote popular books and won the Nobel Peace Prize -- but they are also very different.

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Next Generation Wealth -- Creating Pathways for Armies of Good

April Rudin | Posted 10.01.2011

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April Rudin

Attending the Nexus Summit were progeny of first generation entrepreneurs whose parents have created and sold firms to large conglomerates and their family has become instantly wealthy by a single event.

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We Can Only Mar It

Carl Pope | Posted 08.27.2011

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Carl Pope

It's remarkable how often crucial moments in America's quest to preserve its wild legacy are embodied on the rim of the Grand Canyon.

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Representative Ryan's Path to the Past

Heather Cox Richardson | Posted 06.07.2011

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Heather Cox Richardson

Representative Ryan's "Path to Prosperity" is eerily familiar. We've been through this before -- after the Civil War.

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Theodore Roosevelt on His Presidency: "In the End the Boldness of the Action Fully Justified Itself"

Carolyn Vega | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carolyn Vega

Roosevelt's Autobiography, which begins with an account of his birth and boyhood, is peppered with detailed personal anecdotes and theoretical asides.

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Google Ranking The Presidents

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Howard Steven Friedman

We find that the Google rankings of presidents corresponds very well to historians' rankings.

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Defining Reagan's Legacy: Two Expert Views

Al Eisele | Posted 05.25.2011

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Al Eisele

I don't have anything worthwhile to add to the huge outpouring of commentary and analysis triggered by the Ronald Reagan Centennial, but I know a couple of very smart guys who do.

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Teddy Roosevelt: Estate Tax Champion, Republican Icon

Los Angeles Times | Tim Rutten | Posted 05.25.2011

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Abolishing the estate tax has been a goal of some conservative Republicans since the 1940s, so it's easy to forget that its modern champion was a pres...

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