Reading Time: 3 minutes Called ‘the most generous act of any people, anytime, anywhere, to another people,‘ the post-war economic boost still had flaws
Tag: History – Politics
Did Chappaquiddick kill Kennedy’s White House ambitions?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Mary Jo Kopechne’s death was sensational, but justice was never truly done and far too many questions remain unanswered
The coronation of Pierre Trudeau
Reading Time: 3 minutes Fifty years ago tomorrow, Trudeau was declared winner of the federal Liberal Party’s leadership race. Two weeks later he was prime minister
America today: parallels to post-Gorbachev Russia uncanny
Reading Time: 3 minutes The parallels between Russia more than 20 years ago and the United States today are deeply disturbing
Political dynasties: destiny fulfilled or disaster in waiting?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Without her surname, there’s no way Caroline Mulroney would be considered a serious Ontario PC leadership candidate at this point in her career
Harry Truman completely unprepared for his accidental presidency
Reading Time: 4 minutes The inauspicious heir to the White House had planned to play poker the night Roosevelt died. Instead, he became president
‘Radical Joe’ Chamberlain inspires new British PM
Reading Time: 4 minutes The new British prime minister is apparently an admirer of the Victorian-era urban reforming Radical Joe
There’s nothing new about foreign intervention in elections
Reading Time: 3 minutes Russian hacking of DNC emails? Sounds like business as usual in the modern history of political interference by other countries
1940 Republican convention provided real political fireworks
Reading Time: 3 minutes Forget Donald Trump – Wendell Willkie was the man if you’re seeking a presidential candidate who defied convention
Donald Trump reminds me of John Connally
Reading Time: 3 minutes With one key difference: Barring a miracle, Trump will become the 2016 Republican nominee; Connally was up against Ronald Reagan