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In historian Max Wallace's new book, "After the Miracle: The Political Crusades of Helen Keller" is the first major Helen Keller biography and more than 40 years. The book reframes history to focus on the powerful, under-explored story of Keller's adult life as a fervent advocate for racial justice, socialism and disability rights.
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When I wrote my book, Surrender, back in 1998, I was focused on what I called “right wing economics.” As early as 1978, when Representative Jack Kemp introduced what came to be known as a “supply side” tax cut, I had been fascinated by the resurgence of what I had learned in college was a backward and wrong-headed approach to economics
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My last commentary addressed the risk to democracy of unrestricted capitalism that leaves too many too desperate to see the benefits of cooperation.
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Remember in 2009 when then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to Russia with a big, red, plastic button that she thought said “Reset”? Well, she…
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Confront an advocate for socialism with its dark history, and the deflection will typically be some variety of “What about Norway, Sweden, Finland, or…
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WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses reports that former White House counsel Don McGahn will not testify before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday. He…
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When Democrats took control of the House in November’s elections, a New York woman in her 20s quickly became a key voice in the party. But what do voters…
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I am going to buck the trend of the latest national discourse, especially that which is coming from the Democratic candidates announcing for…
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Liberals worldwide invoke Scandinavia as a promised land of equality, while most conservatives fear it as a hotbed of liberty-threatening socialism. But…
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Perhaps listeners have heard about the debate over an economist’s efforts to predict what would occur if Senator Bernie Sanders’ program were enacted. An…