Franklin Delano Roosevelt

RNC Attacks Bo the Obama Dog? Time to Take a Page from FDR

By Robert Schlesinger - Robert Schlesinger - May 15, 2009

The president should look once again to FDR. more >>

Obama's 100 Days: He Looks Like a Transformational Figure Like Roosevelt, Reagan

By Stuart E. Eizenstat - Opinion - May 1, 2009

He could be a transformational president, veteran Democrat Stuart Eizenstat writes. more >>

Obama's 100 Days: The Roosevelt Comparison Is Fair

By Michael Waldman - Opinion - April 29, 2009

Former Clinton aide Michael Waldman sees favorable comparisons between the two presidents. more >>

Obama, Rush Limbaugh Stir the Snake Oil of Hoover and Roosevelt-era Radio

By Anthony Rudel - Opinion - March 26, 2009

The history of political radio shows broadcasters like Rush grab ratings, not votes. more >>

Obama Should Make Roosevelt-Style Fireside Chats on the Banking Crisis

By Mary Kate Cary - Mary Kate Cary - March 12, 2009

Obama can learn a lot from FDR's first Fireside Chat, 76 ago today. more >>

Obama, Like FDR, Is Saving Capitalism from Itself—Ignore the New Hoovers

By John Aloysius Farrell - John A. Farrell - March 9, 2009

Obama, like Franklin Roosevelt, is in the process of saving capitalism from its excesses. more >>

FDR New Deal Legacy Intact, but Internment of Japanese-Americans Lives in Infamy Too

By Frank H. Wu - Opinion - February 19, 2009

Internment of Japanese-Americans showed New Deal's architect to be all too human. more >>

Lincoln, FDR, Obama: Presidents' Day Look at Leaders Who Were Men of the People

By Stanley Greenberg - Opinion - February 15, 2009

From Lincoln and FDR to Obama is a tradition of connection with We the People, writes Stanley Greenberg more >>

Quiz: 1930s Stimulus--FDR's New Deal

Nation & World - February 13, 2009

How much do you know about FDR's New Deal? more >>

The First 100 Days: Franklin Roosevelt Pioneered the 100-Day Concept

By Kenneth T. Walsh - Nation & World - February 12, 2009

During FDR's first months in office, he pushed 15 major bills through Congress. more >>

Lessons Barack Obama Can Learn From FDR and the Hundred Days

By Robert Schlesinger - Opinion - January 29, 2009

Barack Obama can learn a few things from FDR and his staff, author Adam Cohen tells U.S. News. more >>

Obama Inaugural Address Echoes Bush, Clinton, Carter, JFK, FDR, Lincoln

By Robert Schlesinger - Robert Schlesinger - January 22, 2009

Ask not...where you heard that before. more >>

JFK, FDR, and the Secret History of How a Great Inaugural Address Is Written

By Robert Schlesinger - Opinion - January 15, 2009

Presidents can get their due credit even when we know about their collaborators. more >>

Barack Obama and the Lessons of Franklin Roosevelt

By Robert Schlesinger - Robert Schlesinger - January 12, 2009

Don't talk too much. more >>

For Stimulus, Is Obama Mulling Creating a New Conservation Corps?

By Kent Garber - Nation & World - January 2, 2009

Several groups are pushing Obama to create new jobs by rebuilding America's national parks. more >>

How History Shapes Barack Obama's Inauguration

By Kenneth T. Walsh - Nation & World - December 22, 2008

As he assumes the presidency, Obama will draw inspiration from Lincoln, FDR and Kennedy. more >>

FDR, Pearl Harbor, and the Date of Infamy

By Robert Schlesinger - Opinion - December 11, 2008

The famous phrase almost wasn't, writes Robert Schlesinger. more >>

Higher Taxes on High Earners and Increased Unionization Didn't Work for FDR

By Michael Barone - Michael Barone - November 24, 2008

Which of Roosevelt's policies worked and which did not. more >>

Wall Street, the Great Depression, Hoover, Roosevelt, and the Unintended Consequences of Presidential Action

By Amity Shlaes - Opinion - October 2, 2008

Hoover and FDR acted, writes Amity Shlaes, but not always for the better. more >>

The Most Consequential Elections in History: Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the Election of 1932

By Kenneth T. Walsh - Nation & World - September 10, 2008

FDR led America to victory in World War II. more >>

Just Call Her Sarah "Delano" Palin

By Michael Barone - Michael Barone - September 4, 2008

What a pro: Even with a teleprompter malfunction, Sarah Palin didn't lose a beat. more >>

A Black Mark on FDR's Presidency

By Justin Ewers - Nation & World - May 8, 2008

Roosevelt was pressured by advisors, and fear and prejudice ruled the day. more >>

FDR's Secret Love

Nation & World - April 18, 2008

How Roosevelt's lifelong affair might have changed the course of a century. more >>

The Return of Big Government

By James Pethokoukis - Money - April 11, 2008

A bulked-up uncle Sam is coming back to deal with housing, healthcare, Social Security, and more. more >>

Did the New Deal Work?

By Matthew Bandyk - Money - April 11, 2008

As talk of a "new New Deal" grows, the debate about the original lives on. more >>