Reading Time: 3 minutes Unlikely Insider documents Jack Austin’s conviction that even a single individual can bring about substantial change
Tag: History – Politics
John F. Kennedy was an Irish-American who transcended his roots
Reading Time: 4 minutes Kennedy was a charismatic figure to adoring fans during his 1963 Irish visit
Jimmy Carter was an accidental president
Reading Time: 4 minutes His nobility of purpose came across as preachy self-righteousness
Could Jean Charest shatter the Conservatives?
Reading Time: 4 minutes So far, disaffection among the Conservative base exceeds his attractiveness to non-Conservatives
We lost our way. But Eleanor Roosevelt showed us the right route
Reading Time: 3 minutes We must see that her vision is the only way to create political stability, universal prosperity and peace
Are we seeing the destruction of democratic capitalism?
Reading Time: 4 minutes More than 100 years after H.G. Wells forecast big changes in the world order, the tide is turning
How empires grab and hold on to power
Reading Time: 4 minutes Being recognized as divinely anointed didn’t guarantee acquiescence, but it was still a huge asset
Understated George Shultz left a lasting legacy
Reading Time: 4 minutes As Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state, he played a key role in bringing about the end of the Cold War
Eisenhower was cagey but Kennedy rushed in
Reading Time: 4 minutes In 1961, as a young president prepared to take over from an aging one, their perspectives on military responsibility were starkly different
Three political dramas worth watching
Reading Time: 4 minutes Think of them as a form of therapy, a way of easing back to everyday life while still experiencing the atmospherics of the political arena