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Adam Cohen: Roosevelt Understood the Power of a Public Option
12.05.2009
01:24 pm
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Adam Cohen, writing in the New York Times, discusses FDR’s skill in defining and maneuvering public option towards constructive social goals. Cohen skillfully argues a very fine point here, and picks a great example to make it: Roosevelt’s championing of a different sort of public option. Can you imagine how different American life would be today if something like this was a legacy of the New Deal? WHO in their right mind would have been against this?!?!

As governor of New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt crusaded for ?

Posted by Richard Metzger
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12.05.2009
01:24 pm
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Lost Footage of FDR “Found” in New Michael Moore Film
09.23.2009
07:35 pm
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The Daily Beast’s Tina Brown writes about the “best scenes” in Michael Moore’s new film, Capitalism: A Love Story and the first item has me salivating to see it pronto:

FDR Like You?

Posted by Richard Metzger
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09.23.2009
07:35 pm
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