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State Dinner Menus of Eras Past: Aspic, Hot Dogs, and Boiled Mutton

Lesley M. M. Blume | Posted 11.24.2009 | Style

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Lesley M. M. Blume

It's fascinating to see how presentation and palates have evolved over the years, and how historical context and presidential personality all influence this facet of American showmanship. The Kennedys tout the virtues of aspic, the Franklin Roosevelts scandalized the polite world with an entrée, and George Washington gave new meaning to the phrase "no frills."

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Health Care Reform Struggle Will Not End This Year

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

No matter what healthcare bill passes, it is not going to remain static. It is going to be revisited again and again over the next few decades. That's how lawmaking works.

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Too Soon To Tell? Judging A President's Progress

The New York Review of Books | Posted 11.20.2009 | Books

Read More: John F Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, Nyr, Iran, Arthur Schlesinger, Presidency, Barack Obama, Garry Wills, Hoover, Lincoln, New York Review, One Year Later, Abraham Lincoln, The New Deal, Racism, Jimmy Carter, Fdr, Iraq, Health Care, Jfk, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Books News

The New York Review of Books Huffington Post: At the anniversary of the election of Barack Obama, we're taking a close look at how he's done and what...

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"Roosevelt Institute Celebrates A New Agenda for America": Eliot Spitzer, Elizabeth Warren And 13 Others Reflect On The 80-Year Anniversary Of The Stock Market Crash Of 1929

Posted 10.29.2009 | Business

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"A New Agenda for America"- On the 80th Anniversary of Great Crash, What Have We Learned and What Lies Ahead? 80 years ago today, on October 29th...

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Vital Speeches, Back in the Day

David Murray | Posted 10.08.2009 | Chicago

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David Murray

A sampling of American speeches from 75 years ago reveals rhetoric both strange and strangely familiar.

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In the Know: Scandalous Political Affairs

Karin Tanabe | Posted 11.10.2009 | Style

Read More: Marilyn Monroe, John F. Kennedy, John Edwards Affair With Rielle Hunter, Bill Clinton, Mark Sanford, Dwight Eisenhower, John Ensign, Sex, Washington DC, Sanford Affair, John Ensign Affair, Scandal, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Washington Scandals, DC Scandals, Political Scandals, Style News
Karin Tanabe

Many Washingtonians are au courant with their employers' bedroom lambadas, but it's an ethical dilemma to be the confidant in a headline-worthy affair.

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Apparently, You CAN Fool All of the People All of the Time

Brian Ross | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Polls, Ignorance, American Intelligence, Gop, Stupidity, Fear, Obama Birther, Ann Coulter, President Obama, Ignorance-and-Voting, Franklin Roosevelt, Media, Obama Socialism, America, Barack Obama, Fdr, Politics, Obama Birth Certificate, Polling, H.L. Mencken, Surveys, P.T. Barnum, Fox News, Republicans, Health Care, Obama Socialist, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Fcc, Birthers, Mark Lloyd, Birther Movement, Health-Action, Politics News
Brian Ross

We are a fear-driven culture. There is a large segment of the population that, no matter how well you document it, will not let a good fact get in the way of their fears about health care reform.

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The Day They Arrested President Roosevelt

Robert Naiman | Posted 08.17.2009 | World

Read More: Social Security, Labor, Labor Unions, New Deal, Manuel Zelaya, Los Angeles Times, Fdr, Honduras, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Honduras Coup, Foreign Policy, World News
Robert Naiman

Imagine how different America might be today, if FDR had been deposed in a coup. That's what happened in Honduras, where President Zelaya was deported for proposing a referendum on reforming the constitution.

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Schwarzenegger's Budget Battle II: Another Bad Sequel

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Western States Petroleum Association, Healthy Families, Finance Director Michael Genest, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, George W. Bush, AB 656, Assembly Bill 656, Assemblyman Abel Maldonado, California Republicans, California Democrats, California Legislature, Arnold, The Terminator, Budget Crisis in California, Assemblyman Alberto Torrico, California Faculty Association, California Republican Party, Calworks, Schwarzenegger, California Budget Crisis, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, California, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

With the sequel to last February's budget battle ready for release it's only a matter of days before "those who have too little" get a beating once again from the richest ruling interests in the state.

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President Obama's FDR Problem

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 07.15.2009 | Politics

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Stephen C. Rose

President Obama is the first president in my memory to have the FDR problem. That problem in a word is hate. The reason is the same.

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Roosevelt Aided European Jews, Claims New Book

nytimes.com | PATRICIA COHEN | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt's legacy has been slid back under the microscope recently as his efforts to pull the country out of the Great Depression are...

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First 100 Days Retrospective: Ford, Carter, Reagan

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

What is striking is how often the media gets it wrong when measuring up new presidents. Journalists should approach judging a president's first 100 days with some humility.

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Detroit Gets 10% of What AIG Already Has Received from TARP

Steve Parker | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

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Steve Parker

Why does Detroit get only 10% of what the banks and Wall Street have been loaned?

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Obama's Cure For America? Only Time Will Tell

Andy Ostroy | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics

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Andy Ostroy

What a political week it was. We watched as Obama addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time; defended his $787-billion stimulus plan; and presented his massive $3.6-trillion budget.

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Jason Linkins

Ohio Republican Admits FDR Did Not Cause The Depression

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Republican Talking Points, Economic Stimulus Package, Steve Austria, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Media News

One of the talking points that the GOP has attempted to deploy in the battle over the stimulus package is, "Hey! Remember that New Deal dealie? Boy, ...

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Obama's Inaugural Address: Better Than Pundits Allow

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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Jeff Schweitzer

As a master orator, Obama faced expectations for his inaugural speech that were infused with the stratospheric hopes of his audience. Reporters were ...

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Michelle Obama and the Covert Influence of First Ladies

Carl Sferrazza Anthony | Posted 03.02.2009 | Politics

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Carl Sferrazza Anthony

As memories of Inauguration Day 2009 begin to fade in and the new administration ensues, speculation will only increase about how politically influential Michelle Obama will be as First Lady.

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The Promise of Public Health

Amy L. Fairchild, Ph.D. and Ronald Bayer, Ph.D. | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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Amy L. Fairchild, Ph.D. and Ronald Bayer, Ph.D.

Like the provision of medical care to the ill, an effective health system -- which keeps children and adults from becoming sick in the first place -- depends on both vision and commitment.

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In With the New

Michael DeJong | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Michael DeJong

Presidents come in various shapes and sizes, ages, disciplines and principles. But what many of them seem to have in common is their unwavering obsession with cleanliness...literally or figuratively.

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What We Will Remember from Obama's 2009 Inaugural Address

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

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Aaron Zelinsky

Obama's inaugural address was a good speech, but not truly canonical. Nevertheless, the inaugural address contained many passages that will enter into the mystic chords of memory.

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Countdown to Emancipation

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

We're a little more than twenty-four hours away from finally awaking from a long national nightmare.

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We Need Action

Louise Mirrer | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics

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Louise Mirrer

Make no mistake: those famous black-and-white photographs of breadlines and Dust Bowl migrants have been vividly brought back to life by CNN and Fox.

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Democracy Is The Only Economics That Works

Dave Johnson | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics

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Dave Johnson

FDR believed that the depression was caused by wealth flowing to the top (as today) and would be corrected by asserting that We, the People take back control of our common resources.

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Conservative Fiction: The New Deal Sucked!

Bill Scher | Posted 11.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Deal, Economy, New New Deal, Obama New Deal, Fdr, Recession, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Fdr New Deal, Great Depression, Politics News
Bill Scher

Conservatives are stuck in their default position, preferring fictional history to actual history, refusing to acknowledge what clearly has worked to stimulate the economy, and what clearly hasn't.

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Why Obama Can't Shake McCain

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Rumors, snopes.com, John Kerry, Lies, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George W. Bush, B Arack Obama, Michael Dukakis, AP Poll, Myths, Presidency, John McCain, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

That nagging AP poll hints at something that has bedeviled the Obama campaign from day one, and that's the inability to put McCain away. How could that happen?

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