Big Government Criticism: Legacy Of The Democrats?
Political allegiances shifted during the four-term presidency of Franklin Roosevelt. Some high profiled left wingers and democrats broke with the president during the controversial New Deal era.
Ronald Reagan, prominent actor of the time, was a New Deal democrat into the 1940s. Over time, Reagan drifted towards the right and limited government. He later said, “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The party left me.” Maybe that’s how some of Obama’s current supporters will feel in a few years.
The recent death of conservative actor Ron Silver and subsequent tribute from not so conservative Alec Baldwin got me thinking about democrats who turned on Roosevelt as he blitzed America with New Deal programs during the Great Depression. Continue reading
Life. Culture. Education.
Life as Pop Culture Professor Clay Morgan
In The Matrix, Morpheus tells Neo he can take the blue pill and go on believing whatever he wants to believe. Or he can take the red pill to stay in Wonderland and find out how deep the rabbit hole goes.
This is a red pill type site that provides information in an entertaining way. It’s about clear thinking and good writing. It’s about finding meaning amidst the absurd. It’s about humor and truth.
I’m a writer / speaker who teaches history and political courses at a couple of local colleges. Where is local, you say? Well, that would be Wonderland of course.
On topics ranging from pop culture to the meaning of life, my brain’s always poppin’. Take the red pill and unplug.
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