EARLY TRUMP: Trump and Harrah's
an early project doesn't go so well. A corporate entity finds it can't work well with the Don, and walk away, after court battles. For Trump, it's formative. And other stories. Learn more about you...
27 Heinä 19min
PRESIDENT'S FAMILIES: CHESTER ARTHUR'S SON AND GRANDSON
A brief look at the family legacy of Chester Arthur, his son and grandson. From the White House to San Francisco's hippie scene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
23 Heinä 23min
TARIFFS: CHESTER ARTHUR TAKES AIM AT TARIFFS
Many know of President Arthur's work on civil service reform. Less known is that he also sought to change his party's position on the use of tariffs. He had been a customs official, the nation's hi...
20 Heinä 18min
ECONOMY: WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GOLD STANDARD?
Officially, as any part of US policy, tiny room in 1982. We tell that story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
16 Heinä 21min
STATUES AND STATUE REMOVAL : NATIONAL VAHALLA: ALL ABOUT STATUES
From the early attempts to depict Washington, to the first Congressional attempts to block Confederate statues, to today's debate. In this episode Bruce examines the history behind statues in America,...
14 Heinä 57min
IMMIGRATION: SCOTUS BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP DECISION Plus Kavanaugh and Gorsuch's Takes
not a surprise in my book, but the SCOTUS recently ruled on Trump's executive order of 2025 denying citizenship by birth in the United States. We look at the arguments, and the two takes by Kavanaugh ...
6 Heinä 24min
PATRIOTISM: "WHY BRITAIN LOST" Whitelaw Reid 1906 London Speech Explaining The American Revolution
Forgotten but once famous, Whitelaw Reid was a top journalist and politician of his time. In 1906, as ambassador to Britain, the former vice-presidential candidate was asked by Cambridge University to...
3 Heinä 1h
GUNS: THE WORD "INFRINGE": History of a Word and The Gun Debate
What's in a word? Lots, maybe, when its a key word in the most contentious debate in America. The word "infringe" determines the threshold of how the Constitution should be enforced. But do we underst...
30 Kesä 51min
