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This week on q a, president ial historian Richard Norton smith discusses his book, an uncommon man the triumph of Herbert Hoover. Richard norton smith, why did you call your book that you wrote 35 years ago uncommon man . Well, its taken actually from the title of a relatively famous hoover speech about the uncommon man. If you remember, Vice President henry wallace, who was the second of fdrs Vice President s, gave a famous speech in 1942, maybe 43, about the century of the common man, and wallace from a left of center perspective, was projecting in effect, the goals and ambitions of the gene...

This week on q a, president ial historian Richard Norton smith. He discusses his book an uncommon man the triumph of Herbert Hoover. Richard norton smith, why did you call your book that you wrote 35 years ago uncommon man . Its taken actually from the title of a relatively famous hoover speech about the uncommon man. If you remember Vice President Henry Wallace who was the second of the fdrs game a speech about the common man and wallace from the leftist Center Perspective was projecting in effect the goals and ambitions of the generation that was fighting world war ii, and it wasnt simply to...

To polarize our concept oh the death toll from black to white makes sense of course not stacey max that is a square rectangle in fact and you know out while that debt pile is imploding. They fiddle ing while home burns you know its the new sort of way of saying that that was back in 6480 when nero fiddled while rome burned and of course what happened there was an eruption of conspiracy theories about rome burning that in which it was in fact nero that burned down the city and why did the people think that he burned down the city because they no longer trusted him and they no longer trusted the...

Down the long trip home, pennsylvania avenue to the beat of muffled drums. The president was brought for the last time to the executive mentioned that for 12 years had been his official home. The exit of fdr from the american scene came as a shock to the nation. People wept openly, unashamed of their great their grief. Drawn by six white horses, the flagdraped caisson was brought to the entrance of the white house, carried into the great east room where 80 years before almost to the day, the body of Abraham Lincoln also had lady and state. In state. D at hyde park, his home in new york, the gu...

Richard norton smith, why did you call your book that you wrote 35 years ago uncommon man . Well, its taken, actually, from the title of a relatively famous hoover speech about the uncommon man. Remember, Vice President henry wallace, who was the second of fdrs Vice President s, gave a famous speech in 1942, i believe, maybe43, about the century of the common man. And wallace, from a left of center perspective, was projecting, in effect, the goals and ambitions of the generation that was fighting world war ii. And it wasnt enough simply to defeat the nazis, but to create at home a true democra...