U.S. News Should Get Wikipedia

Franklin D. Roosevelt liberals searchengine newdeal franklindroosevelt frankmurphy cordellhull presidentsoftheunitedstates searchengines harrystruman henrymorgenthaujr jamesafarley chiloquin jessehjones philatelists henryawallace delanofamily henrylstimson williamhwoodin johnnancegarner haroldlickes frankknox roberthjackson charlesedison edwardrstettiniusjr chiloquinorg crosstripscom crosstrips danielcroper 1882births 1945deaths americanepiscopalians dutchamericans columbialawschool... more

Franklin D. Roosevelt's inaguration speech in 1933 is now most remembered for the line, "All we have to fear is fear itself." At the time, however, this newsreel did not even include that line. Instead, it highlights Roosevelt's not so subtle threat to seize emergency powers if Congress does not submit to his plans. ... more

"The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to the point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. That in its essence is fascism — ownership of government by an individual, by a group or any controlling private power." Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), 32nd US president At least 180,000 contractors are employed in Iraq, a great... more

Aram Bakshian, Jr. was a rhetorical strategist and essential member of President Nixon’s speechwriting team. He worked his way up through the ranks in the sixties and early seventies as a speechwriter for Bob Dole (then chair of the RNC) and a conservative commentary writer for publications such as The National Review and New York Times. In 1972, senior members of the Nixon administration invited Bakshian to join the staff. He served as a speechwriter for Nixon through the end of his ... more

Andrew Sullivan: As for blog “rumors” about a Down Syndrome pregnancy, all this blog has done is ask for facts and context about a subject that the Palin campaign has put at the center of its message, facts about a baby held up at a convention as a political symbol for the pro-life movement, and cited in Palin’s acceptance speech. You do that, you invite questions about it. I make absolutely no apologies for doing my job. I find the account of her pregnancy and labor pro... more

In “ Paste ,” a magazine about music and culture (it comes with a free CD each month; you should definitely check it out), John H. Richardson offers a 16-year-old quote from a rare interview with Cormac McCarthy, author of dark (and dark doesn’t quite say it) novels such as The Road and No Country For Old Men: There’s no such thing as life without bloodshed. I think the notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could live in har... more

Guess the history of these birds: ... more