According to our guest, there is a lost chapter of American foreign policy–the century following the Civil War in which the United States carved out a sphere of influence and became the only great power in modern history to achieve regional hegemony. The ways in which America achieved complete supremacy in the Americas was at …
Every October we wait to see what cases the US Supreme Court will be taking on in the coming session. And every June we wait to see how they rendered their judgments. On today’s podcast, we tell you ‘the rest of the story.’ You see almost 99 percent of the court’s decisions take place on …
Private equity is a growing sector of investment financing in America where whole companies, not shares in them, are purchased with money from the principals in the private equity firms, as well as outside investors, while the rest is borrowed, often with the company being purchased assuming that debt liability while the investors cash in …
As the wealthiest nation on earth, America should have made poverty a historical curiosity. Yet it is still with us and the wealth inequality gap continues to widen. As the major existential threat we face–climate change-is showing up everywhere in the form of floods, wildfires and intense hurricanes, some among us still doubt its existence …
Exclusionary zoning, practiced throughout most of the United States, is one of the most damaging forms of class discrimination. There is a racial component to it in many suburbs, but it really falls on a strata of society which is generally less educated and less affluent. Interestingly, liberal communities actually engage in the practice at …
Have you talked to anyone lately who thinks that the system of health care we have now is working just fine? I didn’t think so. You may have coverage but your co-pays and deductibles are going up and up. You may be eligible for government help but you didn’t know you were and, therefore, didn’t …
There are things that still seem unimaginable even in the political chaos of our times as women’s rights are being stripped away and historical content taught in schools is being tightened so as not to ‘offend’ students. One of those to my mind is the push in a number of states to ease restrictions on …
The answer to our title for this podcast episode is no, but…many fewer people identify as Christians today than in the late 20th century and whether it be frustration with scandals in the Catholic Church, the politicizing of many Protestant sects or the pandemic, the pews just are not as full as in the past. …
If there was ever a political leader who understood the moment, American history would point to FDR. Having been elected with America on its economic back from the Great Depression, he was masterful in instilling confidence in the people about their futures and in developing new government programs which, he said, would have been …
Exercise fads are big in America. We love the novelty of hot yoga one minute and Zumba the next. The whole industry has evolved so much over the last 70 years when presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy made physical fitness a spoken priority. In truth, however, only 20 percent of Americans exercise regularly and America seems …