7.3. T.R. as President: The “Good” Trusts
From Chapter 7, "Theodore Roosevelt: The First Progressive, Part I".
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9.3. The Clash over Unions
From Chapter 9, "The National Civic Federation: Big Business Organized for Progressivism".
10.4. Gathered Together: Progressivism as a Political Party
From Chapter 10, "The Progressive Era and the Family".
11.7. The Rockefellers and Social Security
From Chapter 11, "Origins of the Welfare State in America".
13.5. The New Republic Collectivists
From Chapter 13, "World War I as Fulfillment: Power and the Intellectuals".
14.5. The Federal Reserve and World War I
From Chapter 14, "The Federal Reserve as a Cartelization Device: The Early Years, 1913–1930".
15.2. Herbert Hoover Fights the Great Depression
From Chapter 15, "Herbert Hoover and the Myth of Laissez-faire".
The Tea Party, Ten Years Later
There's the antiwar Ron Paul version of the Tea Party movement — and then there's the fake, pro-war Sarah Palin version.
George Washington: An Image and Its Influence
George Washington took office as president in 1789 with an asset of inestimable value. People viewed him as the hero of the American Revolution who, disdaining power, had like the Roman general Cincinnatus returned home to his farm. When he...
Was John Brown Sane?
John Brown was a man driven by religious fanaticism and grandiose ideas. But his sanity, at least clinically speaking, seems to have been in place.
