Podcast Episodes

FEDERAL JUDGES AND PRESIDENTS

Federal judges and Presidents have clashed in the past. It's rarely been cheery. As executive power exists only within the frame of law, this should be expected. There are freak events where Presiden…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

ASHAMED IN THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT - Resistance to Jackson Indian Removal Policy in its Time

Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren's policy of Indian population removal, which lead to the Trail of Tears and thousands of deaths, was not uncontested or passively allowed at the time. Nearly half …

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Now on The Patreon - Chester Arthur, Part 2- Stalwarts!

What does it mean to be a Stalwart? In history, it's just a name for political machine pros seeking jobs and being corrupt. But it was more. While telling how Chester Arthur became the nation's mos…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

"REGO" - AL GORE'S REINVENTING GOVERNMENT 1993

It was clunky, and a little Office Space-like. And it cut federal jobs. But then-Vice President Al Gore's "REGO" program was different in many ways from "DOGE" -The 1993 program was bipartisan, cons…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Now on the Patreon: Chester Arthur's Early Years, and More

A bit about what we've got cooking at Patreon, including the first of three parts of our series on the 21st President.

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Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

PRESIDENTIAL ASSISTANTS AND AIDES "Separated By a Swinging Door"

From the man who answered T.R.'s phone and maybe saved his life, to the secret "Sphinx" around Woodrow Wilson, to Coolidge's surprise enforcer. We look at all sorts of Presidential assistants and aid…

Published on 6 months, 4 weeks ago

Now on the Patreon: Franklin Roosevelt Takes on Jimmy Walker

Now on the Patreon: Franklin Roosevelt Takes on Jimmy Walker In the sweltering summer of 1932, Franklin Delano Roosevelt found himself ensnared in a political web spun by the most notorious machine …

Published on 7 months ago

AN "INDUSTRIAL SELMA" AND OTHER STORIES - FINAL OF THE ARK OF COMMERCE SERIES

The idea of saving manufacturing jobs is front-and-center in American politics today. Examining the history of plant closings and job losses In the 70's and 80's provides an interesting contrast. "We…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

MAKE IT STOP (Stopping Commerce with Embargoes, Takeovers and Other Methods)- THE ARK OF COMMERCE

In our series on American commerce, a look at three instances of when U.S. commerce was stopped, for a variety of reasons.  The embargo of 1807 is an important part of the Presidency of Thomas Jeffer…

Published on 7 months, 1 week ago

WONG KIM ARK, BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP, THE CHARMING BETSEY AND THE SAND LOT PROTESTS

When it comes to citizenship decided by birth, the story of Wong Kim Ark, a young man born in the US of Chinese descent who was denied entry to his country, should be on a few minds. We tell that sto…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago