Roosevelt

America is suffering from amnesia. That's the only reason I can think of for the Republicans heading toward Congressional victory. Sure, the Dems have had two years and the unemployment rate isn't getting any better. But what nobody in Washington wants to say (because nobody in America wants to...

Critics of the Obama stimulus programs are calling for an end to recession-fighting spending, arguing that it isn't needed anymore. But are these critics repeating the mistake of FDR's opponents in 1937, calling for balanced budgets that could result in a double-dip recession?

You know, there have been so many errors -- in some cases they've been deliberate distortions -- about the impact of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's innovative New Deal policies on the U.S. economy, that we should take a moment to analyze the facts of history. Accordingly, we cite the late, great...