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...percent. But always there is the caveat: . . . since Franklin Roosevelt in 1936.In the aftermath of Thursday night's...Ideas. He is the author of a forthcoming history of Franklin Roosevelt and his battle with big-business enemies of the...
...balance. It took the Great Depression to bring low the titans of finance and their toadies in Congress and raise up Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal. Racial apartheid in the American South was propped up by politicians who gave way only after...
...concourse was originally constructed between 1936 and 1939 by the Civilian Conservation Corps, one of President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs to combat the Great Depression. The concourse is also considered to be one of the finest...
...25,000 and $50,000 a year. (I e-mailed the couple for details but received no reply.)Is this what Franklin Roosevelt intended? Should Social Security be tilted more toward the less affluent? Good questions, but politicians rarely...
...this about a positive vision for the future."Democrats continue to expound the 20th-century model created by Franklin Roosevelt and expanded by Lyndon Johnson in which the federal government fosters a growing dependence on government rather...
Remembering 9/11It's September 11th and to borrow from Franklin Roosevelt, it's our day that will live in infamy. We all remember where we were and what we were doing. As a former firefighter it is...
...Land Utilization Project lands, these lands were designated as the Beltrami WMA by executive order by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1942. The order designates the area "as a refuge and breeding ground for native birds and other wildlife and...
...considered impossible. And when he took office it wasn't uncommon for liberals to compare him to Ronald Reagan, Franklin Roosevelt or even Abraham Lincoln. His speeches sent thrills up liberals' legs. It was only natural that superlatives would...
...restricting increases in benefits for the wealthy. Previously branded Social Security a "disease" inflicted by Franklin Roosevelt, now says system should be saved for future generations while younger workers are given the option of building...
...government he despises. He grew up, he tells all who will listen, on a small, hardscrabble Texas farm. But it was Franklin Roosevelt's Rural Electrification Administration that brought electricity to those farms, which, left to the mercies of...