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27 Oct 2014, 2:10 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Parody of Theodore Roosevelt’s concern for his legacy by Puck Magazine, February 17, 1909 The relationship between Roosevelt and Taft deteriorated however, and Roosevelt came to see himself as the only person who could save the Republican party. [read post]
12 Oct 2014, 10:02 pm by Michelle Jarvie
Upon reading the book, President Theodore Roosevelt called on Congress to pass the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Federal Meat Inspection Act, which were both passed in June 1906. [read post]
6 Oct 2014, 7:01 am by Kelly Phillips Erb
For example, although he had doubts about an income tax, President Theodore Roosevelt told Congress on Dec. 7, 1907: The inheritance tax, however, is both a far better method of taxation, and far more important for the purpose of having the fortunes of the country bear in proportion to their increase in size a corresponding increase and burden of taxation. [read post]
5 Oct 2014, 12:43 pm by Kevin
Theodore Roosevelt during Desert Storm, for example. [read post]
3 Oct 2014, 2:02 am by rhapsodyinbooks
  President Theodore Roosevelt signing his 1902 Thanksgiving Proclamation act In 1939, the last Thursday of November fell on the last day of the month. [read post]
26 Sep 2014, 1:27 pm by Michael Markarian
Using special authority first exercised by Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, yesterday President Obama expanded the existing Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument to 490,000 square miles, making it the largest marine monument in the world. [read post]
22 Sep 2014, 4:05 am by Paul Caron
Huffington Post op-ed: A Progressive Estate Tax, by Bernie Sanders (I-VT): More than a century ago, President Theodore Roosevelt recognized the danger of massive wealth and income inequality and what it meant to the economic and political well-being of the country. [read post]
8 Sep 2014, 4:38 am by Ed. Microjuris.com Puerto Rico
El presidente Theodore Roosevelt se convirtió en presidente de los Estados Unidos en el año 1901. [read post]
12 Aug 2014, 9:30 pm by Adam Zimmerman
But instead of private attorneys bargaining on the steps of a courthouse, the final settlement culminated in a dramatic, private, twenty-five minute session between BP’s chairman and President Obama, “under the famous portrait of a charging Theodore Roosevelt on horseback. [read post]
6 Aug 2014, 10:01 pm by James Andrews
Federal food safety regulation really started in 1906 when President Theodore Roosevelt signed two bills, the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act. [read post]
27 Jul 2014, 12:30 am by Emily Prifogle
(University of California Press).Michael Wolraich's new book, Unreasonable Men: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive Politics (Palgrave Macmillan), is reviewed in The Washington Post and is in excerpt form on The Daily Beast. [read post]
30 Jun 2014, 1:18 am by rhapsodyinbooks
In the Mariposa Big Tree Grove, 1915 In May 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt camped with Muir near Glacier Point for three days. [read post]
29 Jun 2014, 12:30 am by Emily Prifogle
"The Washington Post has a list of the "Five best books by American presidents", including Theodore Roosevelt's history, The Naval War of 1812. [read post]
17 Jun 2014, 10:03 pm by Dan Flynn
Stewart Parnell may not have understood what Theodore Roosevelt meant when he said that every man “owes some of his time, money and efforts to the upbuilding of the profession to which he belongs. [read post]
27 May 2014, 4:00 am by Rick St. Hilaire
” The NHPA is one of several legislative descendants of President Theodore Roosevelt’s Antiquities Act of 1906.Having been passed by the House, the Military LAND Act now will be considered by the Senate.Photo credit: Ben ShaferBy Rick St. [read post]
20 May 2014, 6:08 am by Bruce Ackerman
For the Symposium on Bruce Ackerman, We The People, Volume Three: The Civil Rights RevolutionThe Symposium raises two large themes, with many variations. [read post]
27 Apr 2014, 12:30 am by Emily Prifogle
The Times Literary Supplement, in a review titled "Disappointed democracy," reviews two books, David Runciman's The Confidence Trap: A History of Democracy in Crisis from World War 1 to the Present  (Princeton University Press) and Steven Beller's Democracy: All that Matters (Hodder and Stoughton).HNN reviews Selected Speeches and Writings of Theodore Roosevelt, edited by Gordon Hutner (Vintage). [read post]
20 Apr 2014, 7:00 am by Jennifer Williams
” And with this, Roosevelt cemented the conversion of American foreign policy that began with Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, lasted through the Cold War, and persists today among the more hawkish elements of both parties—transforming the United States from a neutral, if sometimes naïve, power to the indispensable nation. [read post]