With seven decades having passed since the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, views about the 32nd president have become somewhat set in stone. As a leader, Roosevelt (1882-1945) is honored for ...

How can one write history so that it seems like a thriller? How does one write a biography without making the subject the centerpiece of the narrative? I have no idea if David Pietrusza asked himself ...

A 2013 Princeton analyst’s online study charted the most and least respected professions in America. For contempt, politician ranked a bit better than prostitute. It’s unlikely that public opinion has ...

On the morning of March 4, 1933 an air of tense expectancy pervaded America. The country was experiencing its worst year yet of the Depression, the nation's banks had been closed, and most Americans ...

Intellectuals, academics, and most of the media slapped a halo over FDR to consecrate both his welfare state and his warring.

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On January 6, 1919, Theodore Roosevelt died suddenly in his sleep at the age of 60. Overlooked now is that fact that the former President was expected to run again for a third term the following year.