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Leader Of Daring WWII Rescue Dies

AP | Posted 05.02.2012

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NEW YORK — George Vujnovich, the intelligence agent who organized a World War II mission to rescue more than 500 U.S. bomber crew members shot d...

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'Pawn Stars' Appraise Unseen F.D.R. Footage

Posted 02.14.2012

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Not much celluloid footage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt exists because of the fact that his use of a wheelchair was hidden from the public durin...

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Obama Can Win Big With FDR Formula

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Big Business, 2012 Elections, Wall Street, Ronald Reagan, Big Government, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Progressives, Harry Truman, Public Opinion, 1936 Election, Democrats, Barack Obama, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

Always a savvy pragmatist, FDR finally realized it was impossible to compromise with those who refuse to compromise. He also saw that he needed to move left to catch up with his "followers," who were demanding more vigorous action.

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Occupy: Resurrecting Rev. King's Final Dream

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.17.2012

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Leo W. Gerard

What Rev. King preached and what many Occupiers seem to believe is that paramount in a republic is job creation, not wealth creation. The duty of government is not to ensure that the rich get richer but to establish equal opportunity.

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Pearl Harbor Quotes: Infamous Sayings From That Infamous Day

Posted 12.07.2011

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December 7, 1941 will forever be known as "a date which will live in infamy," per Franklin D. Roosevelt's infamous address to Congress, but what have ...

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Occupy Wall Street: American as Apple Pie

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.11.2012

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Joseph A. Palermo

In 1776, had the American revolutionaries tried the Barack Obama approach of "reaching out" in a spirit of "cooperation" with the Tories and the British Crown there never would have been a United States of America in the first place.

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Hugh Carey: New York Mensch

Martin Nolan | Posted 10.11.2011

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Martin Nolan

He had the wit of Jimmy Walker, the vision of Al Smith, the courage of FDR and the energy of Nelson Rockefeller. When New York's history is written, Hugh Leo Carey will have his place as the hero of a dark decade.

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Playing Presidents: Good History vs. Good Drama and The Actor JFK (and Jackie) Wanted To Play Him

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 06.07.2011

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Carl Sferrazza Anthony

Whether filtered by an archivist, historian, editor, screenwriter, actor or director, perspective on the life of another person is ultimately subjective - and there's no group of people more highly susceptible to the subjective than the presidents.

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Shameless -- The Case Against Glenn Beck

Jim Lichtman | Posted 06.02.2011

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Jim Lichtman

In a 2009 Harris poll among 2,276 adults surveyed online, when asked, "Who is your favorite TV personality?" Fox News' Glenn Beck beat out everyone except Oprah Winfrey.

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Ranking the Presidents Since WWII

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nigel Hamilton

If, on Presidents Day 2011, I had to rank the last twelve presidents since America became the world's most powerful empire in World War II, I'd put them in the following order.

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My Day in Dealey Plaza: Why JFK Was Killed by a Lone Assassin

Michael Shermer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Shermer

Is it really necessary to invent additional assassins of John F. Kennedy when it is obvious that one could have done the job? No. Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. QED.

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A Progressive's Angry Open Letter to President Obama (VIDEO)

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert S. McElvaine

As an irate, long-term Obama supporter, I give the President a piece of my mind on his surrender to the Republicans and the hyper-rich in, as Harry Tr...

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Thanksgiving: Based on a Myth?

ArtScene | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bush's 14 Decision Points

Nigel Hamilton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Nigel Hamilton

Former President Bush is this week selecting for retrospective public examination the fourteen major decisions of his life or presidency, beginning wi...

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Dispatches From Incredible 1934 Campaign: Hearst Rips Upton Sinclair, As Heywood Broun Warns of 'Fascism'

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Greg Mitchell

William Randolph Hearst was back at San Simeon after an absence of five months and ready at last to select a candidate in the California governor's race. His papers had been crucifying Upton Sinclair for the past month.

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On Gibbs v. the "Professional Left"

Will Marshall | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will Marshall

I returned yesterday from an overseas vacation to find Washington embroiled in furious controversy over Robert Gibbs's gibes at the "professional left...

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Obama Poll Watch -- April, 2010

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Obama seems to have hit a plateau in his approval ratings, which have remained largely unchanged for the past three months. Could it be that we've all just made up our minds about the job the president is doing?

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Obama Poll Watch -- May, 2010

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Will Obama's presidency wind up charting a similar course as Carter, or will he recover as Reagan did? Only a fool would even contemplate making such a prediction at this point, that's all that really can be said.

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President Obama Now Looks and Acts like FDR

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The comparison of then Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the height of the presidential campaign was hype...

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Recognizing Progress: The 1938 Celebration of Airmail Week

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kate Kelly

Though the Internet makes airmail delivery seem quaint, the Postal Service led the way for progress in the commercial aviation industry--something we all very much benefit from today.

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The Final Battle for Health Care Reform

Denise Dennis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Denise Dennis

The media have adopted the GOP's propaganda that whether health care reform passes or fails, it will be bad for the president and the Dems. The more they repeat this, the more people believe it's true.

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Clinton And The Mortality Of The Democratic Party

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2011

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Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By: Will Nelligan In 2004, after he under...

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"Anything Goes" Capitalism Destroys Companies and Workers' Lives

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Leo W. Gerard

Anything Goes capitalism workers' lives, but it sure does work for the private equity firms. They made around $750 million in profits from the now-indebted and bankrupt Simmons.

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"The Depression of 1933"?? -- Is a Depression a Moveable Famine?

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Robert S. McElvaine

The Free Market faithful have rewritten a great deal of history. But their most recent claim that Franklin Roosevelt started the Great Depression? That's just ludicrous.

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FDR's New Deal, JFK's New Frontier, Barack Obama's New Foundation

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Abrams

The benefit of the decay of the old is that it provides space not to rebuild the foundation so that it fits with the modern world.The "New Foundation" is the theme of the Obama presidency.

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