David M. Kennedy, author of ‘Freedom From Fear,’ replies to Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
David Beito’s new biography on Franklin D. Roosevelt is not the hagiographic nonsense that has dominated the US history ...
Opinion

An Antidote to the FDR Cult

Intellectuals, academics, and most of the media slapped a halo over FDR to consecrate both his welfare state and his warring. FDR: A New Political Life is an antidote to that servility to Leviathan.
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to oust a Federal Trade Commission leader offer parallels to the current fight over President ...