My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

an early project doesn't go so well. A corporate entity finds it can't work well with the Don, and walk away, after court battles. For Trump, it's formative. And other stories.

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A brief look at the family legacy of Chester Arthur, his son and grandson. From the White House to San Francisco's hippie scene.
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Many know of President Arthur's work on civil service reform. Less known is that he also sought to change his party's position on the use of tariffs.

He had been a customs official, the nation's highest. In that job he learned to work with businessmen and merchants. When he became President, he turned his attetnion on the high taxes on imports of his day. As a 19th century Republican this was near heresy. His effort was only partially successful, but it would stoke discussion on tariff reform for the next half century.
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Officially, as any part of US policy, tiny room in 1982. We tell that story.
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From the early attempts to depict Washington, to the first Congressional attempts to block Confederate statues, to today's debate. In this episode Bruce examines the history behind statues in America, and Bruce looks at every debating point and angle he can think of regarding Confederate statues, the dates of their construction and their removal.
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