Lawrence Halprin - landscape architect - dies Oct 28, 2009
Mr. Halprin's best-known national work is the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C. - a saga that began when he won a design competition in 1976 but wasn't completed until the memorial opened in 1997. "He was the single most influential landscape architect of the postwar years," said Charles Birnbaum, president of the Cultural Landscape Foundation. (San Francisco Chronicle)
This Obama-Fox War Ain't Nothin' Oct 27, 2009
Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1920 How touchy can you get ... Photograph of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1920 by an unknown photographer (public domain). (Slate)
Your views: Letters to the editor Oct 26, 2009
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said the following. The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to the point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. (Florida Today)
Specter touts himself as consensus-builder Oct 25, 2009
The son of immigrants, Mr. Specter was raised in a household of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democrats. But his experience in the Philadelphia district attorney's office in the early 1960s turned him off to the city's party machine. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Cheney Reaction Oct 24, 2009
After losing the presidency to Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932, Hoover spent the next nine years railing on him. Like Cheney, Hoover was a conservative Republican. (Slate)
Capitalism: A Love Story Never having to say theyre sorry (37) Oct 22, 2009
Highlights of Capitalism include interviewing airline pilots who earn so little that they have to get food stamps to survive; interviewing the smug, self-confessed Condo Vulture, a sleazy guy who sells foreclosed properties so they can be resold again; and revealing lost film of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announcing a Second Bill of Rights that would have guaranteed jobs, homes and health care (a crusade quickly forgotten when Roosevelt died). On the negative side, I m getting a little... (Desert Entertainer, CA)
Forum: Can't afford to buy guns and gurneys Oct 18, 2009
The other great liberal reformers of the 20th century, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also tried to balance their ambitious domestic programs with military engagements overseas. Johnson's Great Society programs were groundbreaking: Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, VISTA, landmark civil rights legislation. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Corzine campaign brings Clinton to College Avenue Oct 16, 2009
In his opinion, Clinton ushered in an era of economic prosperity that had not been seen since former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt s New Deal after the Great Depression. I would support any candidate Clinton backs, Gorman said. (The Daily Targum, NJ)
Cash-strapped US faces choice - guns or gurneys? Oct 16, 2009
The other great liberal reformers of the 20th century, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also tried to balance their ambitious domestic programs with military engagements overseas. Johnson's Great Society programs, which he pushed through in his first two years of office with the help of large Democratic majorities in Congress, were ground-breaking: Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start, Vista, landmark civil rights legislation. (Juneau Empire)
The importance of transparency cannot be understated Oct 16, 2009
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Doubts and uncertainty can lead to loss of faith and trust. (Triad Business Journal, NC)
'Wrath' drawing parallels to current economic climate Oct 14, 2009
In the 1930s, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created the Work Projects Administration to employ millions of people across the country; today, the notion of socialism is again a hot debate topic. Athens knows well the plight of the working poor, having the highest poverty level in the state: Here, 28 percent of adults and 30 percent of children live below the poverty line, and one in five people is uninsured. (Athens Banner-Herald)
State, Workers At Odds Over Holiday Oct 13, 2009
In 1937, Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed every Oct. 12 to be Columbus Day. In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson declared the day to be a federal holiday. (KCRA 3, CA)
Who keeps a civil tongue in a viral world? Oct 12, 2009
It was the summer of 1936, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt was seeking his second term as president. He already had closed the banks in an effort to pry the country out of the Depression and established the sweeping safety net of the New Deal. (MSNBC -- Politics)
In a zombie nation, 'secret' history sells Oct 6, 2009
Moore's film contains two pieces of information that stunned me and made me wonder whether I, too, had stumbled upon some long suppressed "secret." One was footage of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in January 1944 proposing "a second Bill of Rights" guaranteeing access to quality health care for all, an affordable education and a job that paid a living wage to every American. It was a seismic declaration that would have rocked the nation's politics had it been broadcast prominently to a... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
2nd Storm Slams Philippines, 4 Dead Oct 4, 2009
We discussed Franklin Delano Roosevelt had polio and was still able to rule as president and commanded the military during World War II. He was really wrestled to the ground by a professional wrestler and broke the spinal column with the purpose to prevent him from running for another term. Catholic kids were accustomed to Marines using small business owners as speed bags. (CBS News)
Barracuda Among the Butterflies Oct 2, 2009
The rediscovery of the Old Right in American politics those who fought the New Deal and resisted Franklin Delano Roosevelt s relentless drive to drag us into another world war has brought forth a rich harvest of books: reissues of the works of many of its principal figures, such as Garet Garrett and John T. Flynn, as well as biographies of Flynn, Rose Wilder Lane, and now Isabel Paterson. Stephen Cox brings this feisty, acerbic character to life in a way that had me laughing out loud at her... (The American Conservative)
Obama: Large job growth unlikely until 2010 Sep 21, 2009
"I think there's been a long-standing debate in this country that is usually that much more fierce during times of transition, or when presidents are trying to bring about big changes. "I mean, things that were said about FDR [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] were pretty similar to things that were said about me. He's a communist, he's a socialist. (CNN -- International)
Neoconservatism founder Norman Podhoretz explores conundrum of ‘Why are Jews Liberals’ Sep 20, 2009
And it was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a liberal Democrat, who led the coalition that destroyed Nazi Germany and ended the Holocaust. It would have been strange if Jews hadn t felt an abiding loyalty to the Democratic Party - a loyalty that only intensified when FDR s successor, Harry Truman, overrode the objections of the State Department and recognized the newborn state of Israel just minutes after its proclamation on May 14, 1948. (Boston Globe)
Some faces and places, familiar and strange Sep 19, 2009
When I was a little boy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was governor of my state, New York. His name was unusual at the time, but "Roosevelt" seems common and easy to spell today. (Albany Times Union)
Doolitle Raiders, Tuskegee Airmen Honored Sep 19, 2009
" The Tuskegee Airmen were also honored at the dinner. The Tuskegee Airmen enlisted during World War II after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered the integration of African Americans into the Army Air Corps. The first recruits trained to fly at Tuskegee, Ala., and in addition to pilots, later officers were trained for duty in operations, meteorology, intelligence, engineering and medicine. Enlisted members were trained to be aircraft and engine mechanics, armament specialists, radio... (DOD DefenseLINK)
Five Alternatives to Mark Levin Sep 17, 2009
And they battled against Franklin Delano Roosevelt s New Deal at home. These two efforts had a common denominator: the individualist Right of the 30s and 40s was opposed to the aggrandizement of government and agreed with the radical journalist Randolph Bourne that war is the health of the State. (The American Conservative)
Tea party draws hundreds to Angels Sep 16, 2009
Richard Mack, the former sheriff of Graham County, Arizona, rose to national prominence in 1994 after he sued the administration of President Clinton in the U.S. Supreme Court and won. His suit over the intrusiveness of the Brady Bill, a piece of gun-control legislation, resulted in a landmark decision on the issue of state's rights and local sovereignty. (San Andreas Calaveras Enterprise, CA)
Big-name performers fill bill at Auditorium Sep 16, 2009
Asner will be on stage on April 8 portraying Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a production that follows the president as he reflects on his years in office from his first inauguration to the trials of World War II. The solo performance drama is based on the Broadway hit, "Sunrise at Campobello.". The season also features one of the area's favorite performers, The Ten Tenors. (Daytona Beach News Journal -- Local)
How Americans dealt with the Depression Sep 13, 2009
The two-pronged approach - plain talk, and consolation - found its exemplar in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whose fireside chats offered a seamless blend of unfiltered honesty and soothing encouragement. For some, like Bing Crosby, whose intimate singing style was the closest musical approximation of FDR s homey amiability, it was the president s style which was of the essence; for others, like Steinbeck, it was the substance - his second-inaugural evocation of one-third of a nation... (Boston Globe)
Time to speak out (2) Sep 13, 2009
cedarchopper wrote on Sep 12, 2009 8:21 PM:" hookem1, the information age has made it easier to keep you occupied. The truth has always been out there... The real truth of the matter is, and you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government of the U.S. since the days of Andrew Jackson. History depicts Andrew Jackson as the last truly honorable and incorruptible American president.President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, November 23, 1933 in a letter to... (Boerne Star, TX)
Readers Write 9/13 Sep 12, 2009
Like his brothers before him, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt before them, Ted Kennedy chose a life of public service over his birthright of a life of privilege. I will remember Ted Kennedy for his unfailing commitment to the have-nots, or the little guys, whether they be have-nots because of the color of their skin, or other circumstances beyond their control. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
For Flight 93 memorial, long-awaited progress Sep 11, 2009
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. 2,622,806. (USA Today -- News)
A critical look at the GI Bill’s impact Sep 10, 2009
With World War II ending, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was concerned about the potentially damaging economic impact of 15. 7 million veterans returning home, looking for scarce jobs and scarcer housing. (Boston Globe)
Remember the socialist origins of Labor Day! Sep 5, 2009
- President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ... President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, October, 1936. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
What's new in paperback: 'The Hour I First Believed' Sep 3, 2009
The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by H.W. Brands (Anchor, $19, non-fiction, reprint) Sheds new light on FDR's formative years. Fine Just the Way It Is by (Scribner, $15, fiction, reprint) Pulitzer Prize winner's third volume of short stories set in the American West. (USA Today -- Life)
Building Trust in Business by Trusting Sep 3, 2009
The first time Franklin Delano Roosevelt met Orson Welles, the President graciously said: "You know, Mr. Welles, you are the greatest actor in America." "Oh, no, Mr. President," Welles replied. "You are.". (BusinessWeek)
BAM THE UNDERACHIEVER: BASED ON HISTORY'S CURVE Sep 2, 2009
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, though he was a much brighter man, would be the closest to Obama's political thinking. If Roosevelt was ever seen to be of the socialist bent, Obama is even more so. (New York Post -- Opinions)
The Leadership Factor Aug 30, 2009
Writing in The Wall Street Journal, Fouad Ajami said this: "The Obama devotees were the victims of their own belief in political magic. ... In a newly minted U.S. senator from Illinois, they saw the embodiment of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. . All this hero-worship before Mr. Obama met his first test of leadership.". Now the president has been tested, and it has not gone well. (Townhall.com)
WWII veterans take flight Aug 29, 2009
2-3:30 p.m.: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial. 3:30-4 p.m.: Driving tour by U.S. Capitol, White House, FBI headquarters. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
A Dream That Never Died Aug 28, 2009
"And that nominee, whose name is Ronald Reagan, has no right to quote Franklin Delano Roosevelt" which Reagan did all the time. 1. (Time.com)
Who will bear the torch? Aug 27, 2009
Brands, the author of Traitor to his Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, said there was an ugly split in the Roosevelt family when Theodore Roosevelt died in 1919. Franklin, Teddy s cousin, quickly moved to establish himself as the family leader, irritating Theodore Roosevelt Jr. There was a period, Brands said, when the Oyster Bay Roosevelts (the Republican, Teddy-led side of the family) and the Hyde Park Roosevelts (the Democratic, FDR-led side) did... (Boston Globe)
Walker Evans show gives a larger view of his work Aug 24, 2009
Walker Evans was hired by the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt to photograph extreme poverty during the Great Depression to document the dire need for massive public works programs. If officials had seen the images in "Walker Evans: Carbon and Silver" at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, they might have tripled expenditures. (Albany Times Union)
Click to read:Reforms Looming, Card Issuers Hike Fees Aug 21, 2009
He used to be a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat whose hero was none other than Franklin Delano Roosevelt. by August 21, 2009 2:22 AM EDT. (CBS News)
The Obama family ponders the abyss. Aug 21, 2009
A Republic story mentions that Franklin Delano Roosevelt visited briefly in 1941, but the park says its records make no mention of a visit. The next visit by a sitting president appears to have been made by President George H.W. Bush in September 1991. (AZCentral -- Travel)
FDR's great-granddaughter retraces 1934 trip Aug 19, 2009
Seventy-five years after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt traveled on the newly built Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, his great-granddaughter re-created the journey. Kate Roosevelt of Seattle said the trip allowed her to imagine how things were in 1934. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
I Attended Every Event at Netroots Nation 2009. Here's What I Found. Aug 19, 2009
She compared it to the story about Franklin Delano Roosevelt telling Democratic Party activists, "I agree with you, I want to do it, now make me do it." Everyone on the left wants to see Obama succeed. But they can't expect him to have the courage of their convictions. (Slate)
Nation's guitar legend Les Paul dies at 94 Aug 14, 2009
He played for Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the White House and in the 1940s backed such performers as Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters. But his career nearly came to an end in 1948, when he shattered his right arm and elbow in a car accident. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Grassley pledges to vote against a government-run plan Aug 14, 2009
Franklin Delano Roosevelt not only got our counyry back on track (with a bit of help from WW2), but they had to institute term limits because he was so well-regarded by the American public. " If you would like to comment on this story, please log in with the form below. If you are not a registered user, please to sign up. Due to the amount of spam and negative comments received, the Courier implement a registered-user system for participation in the comment portion of our site. In doing so, the... (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Praise for new GI Bill Aug 9, 2009
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt understood that when creating the first GI Bill, under which almost 8 million Americans were educated. The latest legislation, co-sponsored by Obama when he was in the Senate. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Outside Editorial: Nation owes its vets new GI Bill Aug 8, 2009
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt understood that when creating the first GI Bill, under which almost 8 million Americans were educated. In addition to the hundreds of thousands of doctors, scientists, engineers and nurses who benefited under the legislation, Obama noted that the bill helped prepare "three presidents, three Supreme Court justices, 14 Nobel Prize winners and two dozen Pulitzer Prize winners.". (Juneau Empire)
Internment survivor shares memories Aug 7, 2009
When Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed executive order IO66 removing undesirables from the general public, including anyone of German, Italian or Japanese heritage, Amemiya and her family were detained to Gila Interment Camp in Las Vegas, Nevada. "German blood doesn't show up like Asian features," Amemiya said. (Mid Iowa Enterprise, IA)
President's Great Race To Change America Aug 7, 2009
White House politicos hold up Franklin Delano Roosevelt as their model. He likewise came into office after economic upheaval and spoke with eloquence and used both to permanently move American society markedly to the left in ways undreamed of a few years earlier. (Investors Business Daily)
Commentary: New GI Bill repays some of our debt to veterans Aug 6, 2009
"President Franklin Delano Roosevelt understood that when creating the first GI Bill, under which almost 8 million Americans were educated. In addition to the hundreds of thousands of doctors, scientists, engineers and nurses who benefited under the legislation, Obama noted that the bill helped prepare "three presidents, three Supreme Court justices, 14 Nobel Prize winners and two dozen Pulitzer Prize winners. " The latest legislation, co-sponsored by Obama when he was in the Senate, is known as... (Fresno Bee)
GHOSTS OF PRESIDENTS PAST Aug 2, 2009
If Franklin Delano Roosevelt, president of the United States through the Great Depression and World War II -- if FDR, that canny old political operator, that shrewd judger of men, that merry spinner ("First thing we do is deny we were in Philadelphia!") that cold calculator (he put Joe Kennedy to head the first Securities and Exchange Commission, setting the fox among the foxes), that patient and knowing waiter-outer of events -- if FDR were advising President Obama right now, what would he say.... (New York Post -- Opinions)
Understanding the enemy Aug 1, 2009
Even before the end of World War II in 1945, president Franklin Delano Roosevelt was already saying that America's readiness to fight would show (and is showing) aggressive nations that their hostile policies would not be indulged. Ever since, image maintenance has been at the center of our foreign policy discussions, and perhaps even more so since the end of the Cold War. (Asia Times Online)
Middle-class suicide Jul 29, 2009
Doctor opposition to universal government-run national health insurance, sometimes derisively called "socialized medicine", sunk an attempt by president Franklin Delano Roosevelt to include it in later New Deal legislation. No, the American model has public healthcare clearly and undeniably always arriving through the back door. (Asia Times Online)
Remarks by president during health care reform town hall Jul 25, 2009
People accused Franklin Delano Roosevelt of being a socialist because he wanted to set up a system to make seniors a little more secure. Going to the moon was controversial. (Chatham Star Tribune, VA)
The Legacy of the Jewish Mother Jul 24, 2009
Her embracing maternal sentiment was so typical that Franklin Delano Roosevelt said that "it wasn't me who got us out of the Depression, it was the Goldbergs." Molly, with her Yiddish accent, was voted the second most admired woman in America, after only Eleanor Roosevelt. The show moved to television in 1949 and was quickly second only to "Amos 'n' Andy," which made affectionate fun of blacks just as the Goldbergs made fun of Jews. (Townhall.com)
Biden, oh Biden! Jul 24, 2009
Energized into action, I sent out a press release on official letterhead stationary of the Mogambo Supreme Intergalactic News Service (MSINS), wherein was explained to the world that is looking on agog that "The reason that the Democrats are doing this moronic, suicidal stupidity is partly because the Democratic Party is the political party of the tragically stupid and the studiously ignorant, and thus they are the people who actually require a big, powerful government telling them what to do... (Asia Times Online)
On Reforming Health Care The nation's No. 1 priority Jul 23, 2009
It frightens policymakers and voters as few other things do: The 20th century was a graveyard of reform attempts, as everyone from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Bill Clinton failed to achieve universal coverage. Everyone knows our system is broken: we spend nearly twice the average amount that other affluent countries spend on health, yet our outcomes on bellweather statistics like infant mortality, life expectancy, and survival rates for heart attacks are consistently worse. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Serial war as a way of life Jul 23, 2009
Yet ever since senator Joe McCarthy accused the Democrats of "20 years of treason" - the charge that, under presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry Truman, the US had lost a war against Communist agents at home we did not even realize we were fighting - it has become a folk truth of American politics that the Republican Party is the party that knows about wars: how to bring them on and how to end them. Practically, this means that Democrats must be at pains to show themselves more willing... (Asia Times Online)
Pelosi Remarks at Roosevelt Institute Gala Presenting FDR Distinguished Public Service Award to B. Rapoport Jul 23, 2009
"I come here tonight as a proud recipients of last year's FDR Distinguished Public Service Award. It was a particular honor to receive this award with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. "The bust of Franklin Delano Roosevelt is proudly displayed in the Speaker's office in the Capitol for all to see ... That is because Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke to the aspirations of all of the American people ... "B. Rapoport has said that Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the man he most admires. We are here... (PR Newswire)
State: 'Man cave' hid drug den Jul 18, 2009
ALBANY -- The seat of state government once launched the political careers of Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Nelson Rockefeller. Now it might inspire the next "Cheech and Chong" film. (Albany Times Union)
TIME's 2003 Interview with Cronkite Jul 18, 2009
He's been the most adventuresome and in many senses the most revolutionary President since at least Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He has shaken up our foreign policy to an almost unrecognizable state. (Time.com)
Kent Talk Highlights Ex-Presidents' Roles Jul 17, 2009
" Hoover was not to be rehabilitated in the public's eye until following the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. FDR had foregone the use of the former president's ability to organize relief drives, saying he "was not Jesus Christ and would not raise Herbert Hoover from the dead. " His successor, Harry Truman felt no such constraints, however, and pressed Hoover into duty to help with the shortages in the aftermath of World War II. A meeting between Hoover and Truman led to an "alliance that to... (Litchfield County Times, CT)
Asian Stocks Set for Second Weekly Drop; Sapporo, Mining Companies Advance Jul 10, 2009
The fundamental problem, as Franklin Delano Roosevelt said in 1933, is fear, , a Yale University professor, told Bloomberg Radio yesterday. The Great Depression was deepened by a sense of lost confidence or animal spirits that was a self-fulfilling prophecy. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Joe McCarthy Was Right Jul 8, 2009
Schooled at Ivy League colleges and brought up in a world of privilege and social concerns, these types flocked to Washington in the wake of Franklin Delano Roosevelt s electoral victory, energized by their zeal to remake America. These members of some of America s wealthiest families such as Michael Straight of New York s prominent Whitneys, owners of The New Republic were part of the underground Communist Party group within the Roosevelt administration that did not hesitate to spy for the KGB... (The American Conservative)
Channel maintenance means heavy lifting Jul 7, 2009
In 1938 a Works Progress Administration project - part of the stimulus plan of Franklin Delano Roosevelt - had laborers build the concrete walls of the Narrows channel. "That was all done by hand," Brough said. (Minnetonka Lakeshore Weekly News, MN)
INSIDE WASHINGTON: Archives' record-keeping lapse Jul 7, 2009
Presidential portraits of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. NASA photographs from space and on the moon. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Pop tax wrong move Jul 7, 2009
History, as Franklin Delano Roosevelt once remarked, does in fact repeat itself. Not long after taking office as the nation's first treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton persuaded Congress to enact a selective excise tax on whiskey. (Montana Standard, MT)
