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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.
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FDR's Secret Love
Nation & World
- April 18, 2008
How Roosevelt's lifelong affair might have changed the course of a century.
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The Return of Big Government
By James Pethokoukis -
Money & Business
- April 11, 2008
A bulked-up uncle Sam is coming back to deal with housing, healthcare, Social Security, and more.
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Did the New Deal Work?
By Matthew Bandyk -
Money & Business
- April 11, 2008
As talk of a "new New Deal" grows, the debate about the original lives on.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New Deal" Sealed the Deal in 1932
By Alex Kingsbury -
Nation & World
- January 17, 2008
Mark Twain and Henry James both used it, but it was FDR who etched it into the history books.
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Adorable First Pets or PR Nightmares?
Washington Whispers
- June 17, 2007
That sweet image of modern-day presidents romping with first pets—FDR with Fala, Reagan with Lucky, Clinton with Buddy—hides a not-so-adorable truth: Most were props. In the first-ever critical look at presidential pets, a new exhibit at the White House Visitor Center reveals how important these critters were—or were not—to their masters.
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