New Deal

The Courts and the New Deal, Part 1

by William L. Anderson June 1, 2005

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 In the next few years of the George W. Bush administration, it is almost certain that there will be a number of contentious battles between Democrats and Republicans and between the White House and the U.S. Senate over certain federal court nominees. While the issues will ...

Connect the Dots

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 20, 2005

Pop quiz! Two questions! Exam Question No. 1: What two characteristics do the following things have in common? Social Security Medicare Drug War War on Terrorism War in Iraq Education Budget Deficit U.S. Dollar Can’t figure out the answer? Here are some clues: • Social Security is nothing more than a bankrupt welfare program, one that is funded ...

Robbing Peter to “Prime the Pump”

by Scott McPherson January 16, 2003

If Franklin Roosevelt were alive today, he’d want to shake the hand of California governor Gray Davis. Why? The good governor dreams of an economic recovery plan that FDR, the old socialist himself, would easily identify as a page out of his own failed Keynesian dream. In a January 7 ...

Book Review: Rethinking the Great Depression

by Richard M. Ebeling December 1, 2002

Rethinking the Great Depression by Gene Smiley (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2002); 179 pages; $24.95. The Great Depression of the early 1930s has left a deep and lasting mark on the United States. For many in the general public the Great Depression still conjures up the image of mass unemployment caused by the failure of unregulated capitalism. For many in the ...

Reexamining the “Good War”

by Richard M. Ebeling August 2, 2001

The Second World War is considered America’s “good war” of the 20th century. The First World War is considered the tragic war. President Woodrow Wilson intended the war to “make the world safe for democracy,” but instead it generated the rise of communism, fascism, and Nazism. The Korean War cost the ...

A Different Look at World War II

by Jacob G. Hornberger August 1, 2001

Prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, although many people supported giving aid to England, most Americans opposed entry into the war against the Nazis. Americans still remembered the ravages of World War I (“the war to end all wars”), when American soldiers were drafted and sent ...

Book Review: The New Dealers’ War

by Richard M. Ebeling August 1, 2001

The New Dealers’ War: F.D.R. and the War within World War II by Thomas Fleming (New York: Basic Books, 2001); 628 pages; $35. THE SECOND WORLD WAR is considered America’s “good war” of the 20th century. The First World War is considered the tragic war, which need not have occurred, which could have been ended much earlier than the four years over ...

Should Tipping Be Voluntary?

by Jacob G. Hornberger July 1, 2001

If New Deal legislation had been enacted in the 1930s requiring people to tip waiters 15 percent of the total amount of their restaurant bill, we might have been subjected to the following debate today: Repeal Advocate: Don’t you think we ought to repeal the tipping law and let ...

FDR — The Man, the Leader, the Legacy Table of Contents

by Ralph Raico April 1, 2001

  Part 1 (April 1998) Early years Part 2 (May 1998) 1905 – 1914 Part 3 (July 1998) 1914 – 1916 Part 4 (August 1998) 1916 – 1918 Part 5 (November 1998) End of the war; 1920 campaign Part 6 (April 1999) 1924 campaign; 1928 campaign — Roosevelt becomes governor of New York. Part 7 (June 1999) Governor Roosevelt: 1928 – 1932 Part 8 (November 1999) The ...

FDR — The Man, the Leader, the Legacy, Part 12

by Ralph Raico April 1, 2001

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Table of Contents In granting official diplomatic recognition to the Soviet Union ...

FDR — The Man, the Leader, the Legacy, Part 11

by Ralph Raico February 1, 2001

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Table of Contents It would be a mistake to think that the ...

FDR — The Man, the Leader, the Legacy, Part 10

by Ralph Raico July 1, 2000

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Table of Contents When it comes to the question of money, mankind ...