Tag Archives: Eleanor Roosevelt
Think Dirty Political Games Are New? Think Again
New York Magazine recently warned that the 2012 presidential election could be the “ most negative in the history of American politics.” Granted, negative messages have more ways of reaching the American public than ever, with internet and Television advertising. but negative campaigns are an unfortunate tradition of the American political scene. The New-York Historical [...]
Edith Wharton and the Beauties of the Gilded Age
Today, the New York Times wishes a happy upcoming 150th birthday to Edith Wharton, the author of such works as the Age of Innocence and The Buccaneers, which ripped into the culture and practices of the American nouveau-riche. Wharton herself was born into the New York upper crust, but said many of these families “had [...]
