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Articles with keyword "politics"

Conversation

Women of Influence

 NEH Chairman Bruce Cole talked recently with ABC and NPR news analyst Cokie Roberts about her most recent book, Founding Mothers, and the role women played in the early days of the Republic.

Lady Bird Johnson and hostesses aboard the Lady Bird Special

Feature

Lady Bird Special

The first First Lady to hit the campaign trail without her husband

Mansfield

Conversation

Translating Politics

Political philosopher Harvey Mansfield and NEH Chairman Bruce Cole discuss the power of princes and the origins of modern government.

Silhouette of George Washington

Feature

How to Be Presidential

George Washington was not born a leader but he carefully made himself into one.

Asa Carter

Statement

Self-made Man

How a strident segregationist transformed into the beloved author of Little Tree.

Feature

Gangs of Baltimore

Election season in a city controlled by nativist hoodlums.

Equestrian Portrait of the Duke of Lerma

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The King’s Favorite

The Duke of Lerma had the King's ear and, as a result, great power.

Curio

Road to the White House, 1908 Edition

From New-York Daily Tribune, Wednesday, November 4, 1908

FOUR SHERMANS VOTE.
Vice-Presidential Candidate and Sons Go to Booth Together.

Wayne Miller

IQ

Impertinent Questions with Wayne Miller

On the odd and brainy Claiborne Pell

Philip Mosely with Fred Stolling

Feature

The Cold War’s Organization Man

How Philip Mosely helped Soviet Studies moderate U.S. foreign policy.