Tag Archives: Norman Thomas

Concluding Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist

Posted on June 24, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I finished W.A. Swanberg’s Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist, which is about six-time Socialist Presidential candidate Norman Thomas. Swanberg closes the book with Thomas’ death in 1968.  Swanberg says that Thomas appealed to people’s better angels and got some results, … Continue reading →

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Norman Thomas and the Anti-War Movement

Posted on June 21, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

My latest reading of W.A. Swanberg’s Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist was about Thomas’ views on the anti-war movement in the 1960’s.  Norman Thomas was a six-time Socialist candidate for President of the United States. Thomas was opposed to the … Continue reading →

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Thomas the Public Speaker

Posted on June 20, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

On page 447 of Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist, which is a biography of six-time Socialist candidate for President Norman Thomas, W.A. Swanberg quotes New Republic editor Bruce Bliven’s assessment in 1963 of Norman Thomas’ public speaking abilities: “He has … Continue reading →

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Persuasion; National Institution

Posted on June 19, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I have three items on my latest reading of W.A. Swanberg’s Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist.  Norman Thomas was a six-time Socialist candidate for President of the United States. 1.  I wondered in my last post how Thomas proposed to … Continue reading →

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Non-Partisanship, Military Stimulus, and Kennedy’s Religion

Posted on June 18, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I have three items for my write-up today on W.A. Swanberg’s biography of six-time Socialist candidate for President, Norman Thomas.  The biography is entitled Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist. 1.  Swanberg narrates that Thomas’ newspaper column eventually came to lose … Continue reading →

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Norman Thomas on Eisenhower, Guatemala, and Kennedy

Posted on June 17, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

I have three items for my write-up today on W.A. Swanberg’s biography of Norman Thomas, the six-time Socialist candidate for President of the United States.  The biography is entitled Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist. 1.  Norman Thomas was concerned about … Continue reading →

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Norman Thomas vs. William F. Buckley on Those Liberal Professors!

Posted on June 14, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

For my write-up today on W.A. Swanberg’s biography of six-time Socialist candidate for President Norman Thomas, entitled Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist, I will discuss Thomas’ interaction with conservative William F. Buckley’s 1951 book, God and Man at Yale.  It … Continue reading →

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Norman Thomas and His Son Evan

Posted on June 13, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

For my write-up today on W.A. Swanberg’s Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist, which is about six-time Socialist candidate for President Norman Thomas, I’ll focus on what Swanberg says on page 334 about Thomas’ relationship with his son Evan (who presumably … Continue reading →

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Norman Thomas and Communism in the Late 1940’s

Posted on June 12, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In my post today on W.A. Swanberg’s biography of six-time Socialist candidate for President Norman Thomas, Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist, I’ll talk about Thomas’ stance on Communism during the late 1940’s.  I’ll list what stances Thomas took that led … Continue reading →

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The Lonely Individual

Posted on June 10, 2013 by jamesbradfordpate

In my latest reading of W.A. Swanberg’s Norman Thomas: The Last Idealist, which is about six-time Socialist candidate for President Norman Thomas, I saw example after example of Thomas alienating people whenever he took a stand. Thomas was opposed to … Continue reading →

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