Franklin Roosevelt ranks as the most frequent speech-giver, delivering 12 State of the Union addresses across his three terms in office. Only two presidents didn’t submit any annual message while in office: William Henry Harrison and James Garfield, both of whom died before they got the ...
Police say a man stole a fireboat that was docked on the Hudson River early Thursday morning. This alleged pirate would not get very far, though. But while the man's first alleged attempt at naval theft proved unsuccessful, officials say he was back at it again only a short time later....
Karl Marx would undoubtedly be alarmed by such a development, considering it a victory of pure reaction. Like Benjamin Franklin, William Godwin, and Lyndon LaRouche, Marx believed in the unlimited potential of human reason. He was convinced that it was necessary to create social and material cond...
The Democratic Party is generally associated with more progressive policies. It supports social and economic equality, favoring greater government intervention in the economy but opposing government involvement in the private noneconomic affairs of citizens. Democrats advocate for thecivil rightsof minorities...
Herbert Hoover was overwhelmingly defeated by Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the Republicans were relegated to the status of a minority party. Roosevelt’s three reelections (he was the only president to serve more than two terms), the succession of Harry S. Truman to the presidency on ...