My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
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My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
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Q&A: Lincoln's Cooper Union Speech, Richard Oakes AIM Alcatraz Takeover & Sources, David Sirota Reaction
Lincoln beat up politics with history as good or better than I could. David Sirota and the Left's use of executive power. A few questions from listene...
THE IRANIAN SIDE OF IRAN CONTRA And other stories
A scandal in the US, even more of a scandal in Iran. Iran-Contra was a significant moment of the Reagan Administration and the 80's, but its rarely se...
DESERT ONE / EAGLE CLAW - 1980 IRAN RESCUE EFFORT - THE STORY AND POLITICAL EFFECTS
Timely topics and a few stories.
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RONALD REAGAN PART EIGHT: Iran-Contra
We look at the scandal that rocked Reagan's Presidency. It looks very different with time.
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CRAZY POLL TAX STORIES: The Way The 24th Amendment Was Passed, Why Some Loved Paying The Tax, and Three Words to Watch.
The 24th amendment banning the payment of poll tax or other tax in order to vote, had a crazy legislative history to get passed. Alexander's Hamilton'...
David Sirota On George W. Bush, Reagan and The Rise of Presidential Power
Have we forgotten about George W. Bush and how much today's politics were defined during his administration? Does Congress have any role anymore? Have...
RONALD REAGAN PART SEVEN: Tax Reform, Amnesty, Bitburg and Banking
Reagan makes a big reform most see as a good thing. And he made a diplomatic move most see as a very bad thing.
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RONALD REAGAN PART SIX: Hands Across America
Homelessness, education, healthcare and other domestic issues under constant evaluation during the time of the Reagan Presidency. We look at the perso...
24TH AMENDMENT AND POLL TAXES in The Context of The "Save America" Bill
In 1962, A civil rights champion and a civil rights opponent join on one thing - to ban poll taxes. The Court later rules that it applies to fees. Wha...
RONALD REAGAN PART FIVE: THE 1976 CONVENTION
Reagan Battles Ford for the GOP Nomination. He loses.
And becomes President.
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RONALD REAGAN PART FOUR: Central America, Lebanon, Poland and Grenada
James Baker called Reagan's foreign policy "a witches brew." In one country, a longshot try for peace. In others, alliances with warmakers. Reagan's p...
RONALD REAGAN PART THREE - Rubik's Cube: Two Reagan Mysteries
We seek to solve two puzzles: How did Reagan the Truman booster and N
ew Deal supporter become Reagan the Goldwater acolyte? And when he entered...
RONALD REAGAN PART TWO: A Taxing Year - Deficits, Unions, Taxes. Compromises
Reagan is the only President to have led a union into a strike. Twice, with two wins. And that's why he knew how to a break a strike when he had to. B...
RONALD REAGAN PART ONE: "RAWHIDE IS OK"
Replay from 2016 First in our series on Ronald Reagan that will have twelve episodes. The Presidency we discuss almost didn't happen. A look at the at...
GORSUCH'S ROLLERCOASTER, BARRETT'S BABYSITTER, SUPREME COURT AND TARIFFS
A bit about the recent Court decision, with a note about the concurrences of Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, which agreed with each other on the d...
RONALD REAGAN REDUX: Thoughts Before I Re-Run The 12 Part Reagan Series
For my 20th year, I'm replaying the most popular series I've done, a look at Ronald Reagan in 12 episodes.
Before I do that, I have few...
MCMXCIII: Bill Clinton's Year One (2nd part)
Healthcare, Bosnia and Belief In The President.
All are in doubt.
The second part of our series on Bill Clinto...
THOMAS WOLFE TURNS AGAINST TOTALITARIANISM
The writer Thomas Wolfe, known for his large novels and spewing prose, was a fan of Germany. On a trip there for the 1936 Berlin Olympics, he found j...
RUSHING PELL-MELL INTO MADNESS?: The Twenty-Fifth Amendment and its Critics
On the surface, the 25th Amendment is a perfect mechanism for providing a stable transition of Presidential power. But that's not what early state rat...
LEFTOVER NOTES FROM THE ZACHARY TAYLOR SERIES
From a town in California named for Zachary Taylor, to a famous letter sent by Frederick Douglass, we tell a few stories that didn't make it in to the...
ZACHARY TAYLOR - Part 3
It comes down to milk and cherries? Plans change when a nation's hero falls, and historians go to work, reinterpreting the events of 1850.
Lea...
ZACHARY TAYLOR PART 2
They thought he was an illiterate frontier colonel. They thought he'd never use the veto. Never comment on issues. Let Congress do the heavy lifting....
ZACHARY TAYLOR - Part 1
A new President comes to Washington. No one knows what to expect.
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WAR POWERS
It was passed to stick it to Nixon. A look at Presidents and Congress and use of military. A look at history. Presidents and Congresses, and a specifi...
EVEN MORE 90s EPHEMERA
CNN confirms that a missile strike hit for the White House, Japanese politics implodes, a grunge music tragedy and strange local traditions make mains...
1990'S EPHEMERA
Push in the drawer of your CD-ROM and enjoy random stories of politics and culture from the 1990's. that did not get much notice since.
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MORE ABOUT THE KEN BURNS AMERICAN REVOLUTION DOCUMENTARY AND BEN FRANKLIN
Deeper dive on Ken Burns documentary and Franklin and Iroquois Confederacy debate. Plus: Iran Iraq war and midterms.
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KEN BURNS AMERICAN REVOLUTION DOCUMENTARY - A FEW THOUGHTS
No I don't think the Iroquois Confederacy influenced th Revolution much. (Nor do I think Burns says this). And I take a little issue with American Rev...
I WAS BORN IN 1869: GENERATIONS IN POLITICS
What was it like to be born in 1869?
A generation that could b "Gen T" (though they did not us that term, it's Gen T if you look back f...
CHESTER ARTHUR - PART 5: "HE IS NOT ARTHUR ANYMORE, HE IS THE PRESIDENT!"
The untold story of the 21st President. Music by Lee Rosevere, and others.
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DEATH BY LIGHTNING: My Opinion of the Netflix Series, and Other Thoughts
Well, the 1880's finally has some visual media coverage. That's the good news.
JOHNSTOWN FLOOD
"The real cause of the damage was the dam failure" We took on this topic a few years ago. With anniversaries of Hurricane Katrina not that far, one mi...
THE ZINGER THAT SAVED AMERICA: WEBSTER'S REPLY TO HAYNE
The Union threatened by legislative fiat, a Senator rose to reply to another. For Daniel Webster, it was a real comeback, What we might call a "zinger...
TALKING BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S NEBRASKA ALBUM (WITH MUSIC REWIND PODCAST)
In this very special episode we replay Bruce's appearance on Music Rewind Podcast (https://www.musicrewindpodcast.com/) to talk about Bruce Springste...
THE SURPRISING HISTORY OF RANKED CHOICE VOTING
The very Republican and business-like history of American ranked choice voting and single transferable votes, first used in a major city in the 1920's...
TRENTON TREND: NJ OFF-YEAR GOVERNOR ELECTIONS
A few good yarns about the Garden State and politics. Does the state always vote against the party in the White House? No. Not when a candidate hustl...
Move My Bill! A History of Discharge Petitions
It is a rarely used tactic, but when it works, it can do big things, like moving a bill through Congress even if the Speaker doesn't support it. From...
FRIENDLY SKIES - The Story of Airline Deregulation
A Democratic President and a liberal Senator push a free-market reform in the late 1970s that affects us all today. We look at the story of the Airlin...
1913
Recorded in 2013, about a time now more than a century and 12 years ago.
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VALLEY FORGE: MYTH AND REALITY - Interview with Bob Drury and Tom Clavin
Valley Forge Myth and Reality - Interview with Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, Authors of Valley Forge
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