The Life, and Hopefully Not Death, of Democracy: A Conversation w/ Dr. Paul Cartledge

We speak often of Democracy, but do we really know what it is? We point to Athens as an example. But what was Greek Democracy really like? A conversation with Dr. Paul Cartledge, A.G. Leventis Senior Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge, author of “Democracy: A Life.” We look at democracy as it existed…

Taft Walks Away: The Payne-Aldrich Tariff of 1909

Taft fails in trying to lower tariffs, setting up his successor to do it. In frustration, he walks away from the White House. Meanwhile, his opponent, William Jennings Bryan, destroys the tariff in several populist arguments. A look at Payne-Aldrich, the 1909 tariff bill that was as least as important as Smoot-Hawley. Photo above, President…

Woodrow Wilson Has No Friends: Wilson, His Politics and His Image Today with Patricia O’Toole

Or so it seems these days. Liberals, conservatives, anti-globalists, Fed haters, socialists, libertarians all have a bone to pick with him. How much criticism does he deserve? We speak with Patricia O’Toole, the author of ‘The Moralist – Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made.” We look at the politics of tariffs, foreign policy, intervention,…