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28 Feb 2012, 5:49 am
I know that Colonel Roosevelt or Theodore Roosevelt is one of the most interesting men in the history of our country . . . the book was very good . . . and, I would strongly recommend its reading. [read post]
19 Feb 2012, 2:00 am
.'"Also reviewed: Honor in the Dust: Theodore Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of America’s Imperial Dream (New American Library), by Gregg Jones (here), and The Obamas (Little, Brown & Company), by Jodi Kantor (here).Writing for the New Republic: The Book, Todd Gitlin reviews Troublemaker: A Memoir from the Front Lines of the Sixties (Doubleday Books), by Bill Zimmerman. [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 5:44 am
On this day in ...... 1900, in a letter to a friend, Theodore Roosevelt, then Governor of New York, wrote of the style with which he dealt with political intrigue in Albany:I have always been fond of the West African proverb: 'Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far.'Indeed, he would go far. [read post]
24 Jan 2012, 8:17 am
First of all, let us consider Theodore Roosevelt’s defense of an active federal government. [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 3:52 pm
In fact, the brief’s retelling of the history of attempts to reform health care, going back to Theodore Roosevelt’s time exactly a century ago, showed that it had become virtually routine for would-be reformers to work for “a system of social insurance” to protect against health hazards. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 2:10 pm
Unlike modern presidents, Theodore Roosevelt does not have a physical presidential library that houses his personal and presidential papers. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 8:39 am
But there is precedent for appointments made during recesses of fewer than three days — President Theodore Roosevelt made more than 160 recess appointments during a Senate break of less than a day in 1903. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 8:09 am
In 1903, when the first session of the 58th Congress ended, President Theodore Roosevelt made over 160 recess appointments during a recess that lasted only a fraction of a day. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 7:45 am
One of the most important documents on the scope of the Recess Appointments Clause is the report the Senate Judiciary Committee issued on the question in the wake of President Theodore Roosevelt’s decision to make recess appointments during a truly brief gap between two sessions of Congress. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 2:00 am
For more on Theodore Roosevelt and the federal Bureau of Corporations, see Arthur M. [read post]
31 Dec 2011, 10:29 pm
"In the spirit of the holidays," the New Republic: The Book has re-run a selection of reviews from earlier this year, including the amusing "Macho Pointy-Head," a review of Theodore Roosevelt's History of the United States: His Own Words. [read post]
16 Dec 2011, 1:25 pm
Just finished this book with the local book club and really enjoyed it. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 5:52 am
" Greenwald mentions the example of Theodore Roosevelt, recently revived in Osawatomie by President Obama. [read post]
9 Dec 2011, 5:51 am
” Greenwald mentions the example of Theodore Roosevelt, recently revived in Osawatomie by President Obama. [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 2:57 pm
The “new, old” Obama was on display this week in Kansas, invoking the name of another populist president, Theodore Roosevelt: “I’m here in Kansas to reaffirm my deep conviction that we’re greater together than we are on our own. [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 5:05 am
As President Obama travels to John Brown’s old stomping ground in Osawatomie, Kansas where Theodore Roosevelt made his New Nationalism speech in 1910, Newt Gingrich has announced that he is a Theodore Roosevelt Republican. [read post]
7 Dec 2011, 12:48 am
(David Bernstein) Well, yesterday was certainly a good day for one of my least favorite American politicians of the twentieth century, Theodore Roosevelt, who combined gross economic ignorance with an almost adolescent jingoism. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 3:13 pm
Roosevelt's Ghost If Roosevelt's ghost had been hovering over the lectern today, no doubt it would have appreciated being remembered. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 6:35 am
” And please note that while Progressivism is today associated with the “left,” historical Progressivism encompassed many important figures who would not have been considered such (and wouldn’t have considered themselves such) at the time, most prominently Theodore Roosevelt. [read post]
6 Dec 2011, 5:50 am
Based on reading his speech, I'd have to say Theodore Roosevelt understood #occupy. [read post]
