Celebrating FDR’s Hamiltonian Hundred Days
By Nancy Spannaus June 13, 2019—As this blog has argued before, the first Hundred Days of the administration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) represented a dramatic turning point in American history. As he had promised, FDR asserted the responsibility of the Federal Government to fulfill its Constitutional duty to promote […]
While Celebrating MLK, Remember Ben Franklin
By Nancy Spannaus Jan. 17, 2021—While much of the nation celebrates Martin Luther King. Jr. on this weekend, my mind also goes to another American fighter for the common good, Founder Benjamin Franklin. (1706-1790) Today is the 315th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s birth. Franklin was the quintessential organizer of our […]