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Tag Archives: FDR
Norman Thomas on the New Deal
In my post today about W.A. Swanberg’s Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist, I’ll talk about Socialist Norman Thomas’ views regarding President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. This will probably not be the last time that I discuss Norman Thomas’ views on … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, History, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged agricultural adjustment act, FDR, Franklin Roosevelt, Huey Long, military coup, National Recovery Administration, New Deal, Norman Thomas, president franklin roosevelt, w a swanberg, wall street brokers
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Norman Thomas on the Soviet Union, Government, and Religion
My latest reading of W.A. Swanberg’s Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist covered Thomas’ views on the Soviet Union, the 1932 platform of the Socialist Party, and Thomas’ changing religious views. Thomas was critical of the Soviet Union’s tyranny, favored “evolutionary … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, History, Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion
Tagged FDR, government, Herbert Hoover, Morris Hillquist, Norman Thomas, old age pensions, Politics, president herbert hoover, Socialist Party, w a swanberg
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Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 20
In my write-up today on Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician, I’ll talk about Fidel Castro, the Communist leader of Cuba. Fidel Castro replaced Fulgencio Batista as leader of Cuba on January 1, 1959. Four months later, the … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, History, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Dwight Eisenhower, FDR, Fidel Castro, George Marshall, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Stephen Ambrose, Thomas Dewey
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Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 13
In my latest reading of Nixon: The Education of a Politician, Stephen Ambrose talked about Dwight Eisenhower’s wavering over whether or not Richard Nixon would be his Vice-Presidential candidate in 1956. Why was Eisenhower thinking about dropping Nixon? First, there … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Dwight Eisenhower, FDR, Frank Nixon, Henry Wallace, Richard Nixon, Stephen Ambrose
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Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 9
In my write-up today on Stephen Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician, I’ll talk some about Richard Nixon’s relationship with Dwight Eisenhower. This will be based on what I have read so far in Ambrose’s book, however, not what … Continue reading
Posted in History, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Checkers Speech, Dwight Eisenhower, Earl Warren, FDR, Harry Truman, Murray Chotiner, Richard Nixon, Stephen Ambrose
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Ambrose’s Nixon: The Education of a Politician 6
In my latest reading of Nixon: The Education of a Politician, Stephen Ambrose talked about the Alger Hiss case. I did not finish Ambrose’s discussion of it, but I’ll comment on what I did read. Let me start this post … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, History, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Alger Hiss, FDR, Harry Truman, Irwin Gellman, John Foster Dulles, Richard Nixon, Stephen Ambrose, Thomas Dewey, Whittaker Chambers
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Clear and Present Dangers 4
I have two items for my write-up today on M. Stanton Evans’ Clear and Present Dangers: A Conservative View of America’s Government (copyright 1975). 1. A significant point in my reading of Evans’ book thus far has been that the … Continue reading
Posted in George W. Bush, Health Care, Political Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Clear and Present Dangers, FDR, judicial activism, M. Stanton Evans, New Deal, Richard Nixon, Warren Court
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