Tag Archives: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Walter Winchell: The Power of Gossip Makes Timely Debut on PBS

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Judith Trojan

“I remain your New York corespondent Walter Winchell, who can sit at his window and review those passing below.  He sees everyone he likes… or doesn’t. He can either drop a flower… or a flower pot.”–Walter Winchell.  If names like … Continue reading →

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Gun Control and the War at Home

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Judith Trojan

Today is Pearl Harbor Day  It’s hard to believe that 74 years have passed since a stealth attack by Japanese air and naval forces decimated our U.S. naval base at Oahu Island’s Pearl Harbor.  It was a day–December 7, 1941–that would forever be stained … Continue reading →

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Teddy Toplines Episodes 1-3 of The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

Posted on September 14, 2014 by Judith Trojan

  Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’re well aware that the first episode of Ken Burns’ monumental and much-ballyhooed seven-part series, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, debuts tonight on PBS (Sunday, September 14, 2014, 8:00 – 10:00 p.m. ET).  It … Continue reading →

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