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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Posted inEconomy
How Franklin Roosevelt Tamed Wall Street
With a ripping narrative and characters like Joseph Kennedy and William O. Douglas, one of the best books of 2023 explained how the financial sector finally bent the knee.
Posted inBooks
Where Did the Democrats Go Wrong?
An important new book counsels a return to the New Deal philosophy of fighting for the common man, upholding equal opportunity instead of identity politics, and not sucking up to Wall Street and Silicon Valley.
Posted inBooks
The Supreme Court’s World War II Battles
Cliff Sloan’s lively new book explains how the Franklin Roosevelt-shaped Court wrestled with individual rights as the nation fought to save itself and the world.
Posted inPolitics
Ageist Attacks Aren’t New in Presidential Campaigns, And They Haven’t Worked
Republicans are gleeful, and Democrats are worried about Biden’s age. But such attacks on White House contenders go back to antebellum days and rarely draw blood.
Posted inPolitics
No, Aiding Ukraine Does Not Embolden China
It’s a recycled isolationist talking point from World War II, and it’s just as wrong now.
Posted inPolitics
I’ve Argued for Years That the President Must Pay the National Debt Even If Congress Won’t Raise the Debt Ceiling.
A once-theoretical debate among law school professors like me becomes real as Republicans lay siege to the full faith and credit of the United States, and a conservative Supreme Court probably won’t resist joining the fray.
Posted inPolitics
Two Cheers for Biden Running Again
Democrats are worried about the octogenarian’s bid for a second term, but there are good reasons to think he can win and succeed.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices Solves a Lot of Problems
It eases the damage from the GOP’s stolen seats, assures an even distribution among presidents, and gives the geriatric court new blood.
Posted inPolitics
President Biden Should Aim Higher in His State of the Union Address
He can boast about policy successes and a dramatic break from neoliberal orthodoxy, but he has to do so in a speech, unlike last year’s, that clearly and eloquently explains his welcome economic vision.
