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Roosevelt and the Revisionists by Lord Conrad Black

Conrad Black, once the 3rd largest publishing titan in the world, spent years acquiring the private papers of FDR. “Roosevelt and the Revisionists” is a position entirely based on his earlier biography “Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom” and argues that FDR's New Deal was intended to save capitalism, and, with the aid of conservative support, the country.

Fmr. Governor and Presidential Candidate, Gary Johnson  1:1

Examining how a Libertarian candidate caught his second wind in the race for President, Political Corespondent DAVID BAUCOM sits down with the former Governor 1:1 to discuss the 2 Party “chokehold” and his vision and Campaign for Liberty.

Annie Get Your Gun

As a District Attorney for the City of Roanoke my only client is the Department of Social Services. But when I received a call from Adult Protective Services that an elderly woman wanted to withdraw all of her money, welfare and banking policies squared off over the ongoing debate over an individuals right to their own money. HEATHER FERGUSON reports from the Mid-Atlantic.

Looking Back to Look Forward

While the Great Depression suspended William Randolph Hearst’s plans to erect a grand tower in Manhattan, it came nevertheless some 80 years only to collide with the Great Recession and the advent of Social Media. Contributor KIM GREEN pays a visit to her first employer, Harper’s Bazaar, and takes the eco-friendly tower in stride.

John Maynard Keynes

Reacting to the severity of the worldwide depression in 1936, John Maynard Keynes denied classical economics with his magnum opus, The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money. The Classical view of economics assumed that in a recession wages and prices would decline to restore full employment. Keynes disagreed. Falling prices and wages would prevent a recovery and, he insisted, that direct government intervention was necessary to correct the economy.  In the 100+ biographies that have been penned about his life, historian’s lift the Economist’s own words and apply them to new questions and modern concerns. How might the Father of Macro-economics have answered these questions back then, how did these beliefs shape the moment of his time, and what do they mean and what message do they carry to us now?