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Daily Archives: May 29, 2013
Ambrose’s Nixon: The Triumph of a Politician 13
My blog post today on Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: The Triumph of a Politician, 1962-1972 will focus on Cuba. President Richard Nixon had his own sort of Cuban Missile Crisis, if you will. On September 16, 1970, a U-2 flight revealed … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, History, Movies, Political Philosophy, Politics
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Starting a Biography on Norman Thomas
I started Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist, by W.A. Swanberg. Norman Thomas was the Socialist Party’s candidate for President of the United States between 1928-1948. Why am I reading this book? For a variety of reasons. I became somewhat interested … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, History, Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion
Tagged Franklin Roosevelt, Norman Thomas, presbyterian minister, red scares, Richard Nixon, role religion, Socialist Party, w a swanberg
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