Author: Michael Weishan
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East Wing FDR’s White House Destroyed Today
Without seemingly any historical oversight, part of the East Wing of the White House dating from FDR’s term was destroyed today to make way for a new ballroom, advocated by…
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Eleanor Roosevelt: UFO Investigator
Who knew that the First Lady was interested in UFO’s? She asked one of America’s foremost scientists his opinion… Read more from the Library of Congress
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Kindred Spirits on the Left and Right Believe in a New Deal Fable
For our age of fables: George Will is not historically one of our go-to sources, but we’ll think you’ll find his take interesting in the Washington Post
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Do We Need a Second New Deal?
Revisiting the New Deal era offers crucial lessons in the current political moment. It shows how a distinctly American progressive politics might capture the support of a broad swath of…
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The End of History? FDR, Trump and the Fake Past 4/15
The past as propaganda
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Classic Board Game Night @ the FDR Suite: Monopoly 10/19
“Go directly to jail!” It’s Monopoly at its best.