Intellectually Entertaining. Socially Relevant.
On May 9, President Barack Obama became first sitting commander-in-chief to endorse same-sex marriage. “Kinda,” writes The Nation’s Richard Kim. “Today, by endorsing a ‘state’s rights’ approach to same-sex marriage, Obama essentially preserves the current status quo.” As Kim points out, while the President failed to mention his intent to overturn the Defense of Marriage Read More
In his First Inaugural Address in 1933, Franklin Roosevelt attempted to soothe a nation gripped by economic depression while succoring an international community resentful of decades of American interventionism. “I would dedicate this nation,” he pledged, “to the policy of the good neighbor – the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, Read More