Chief Justice Warren Burger – The State Of The judiciary – August 10, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Chief Justice Warren Burger, the 15th Justice of The Supreme Court, serving as Chief Justice from 1969-1986. Burger was a strong supporter of Eisenhower and in 1952 was appointed by
The question of our Civil Liberties has been a topic of discussion and speculation going on for decades. However, at no other time has it been such an issue as it is now. With laws twisted and perverted, and those interpreting the law ranging from the corrupt to the merely
Donald Regan – Face The Nation – 1982 The 80’s – days of Reaganomics and the Supply Side Economy. As a reminder that all was not bliss and Supply Side was doing a bit of backtracking even on the parts of its staunchest advocates, here is an interview with Treasury
Bernadette Devlin – NBC: Meet The Press – August 24, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Bernadette Devlin – a name perhaps not easily recognized by many in the U.S. these days, but one of those voices who fit right into the upheaval nature of our world in the
– Dean Acheson address – November 21, 1959 (unknown location) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, who served under President Truman from 1949-1953 had the onerous task of keeping the world reasonably sane during what became the height of the Cold War. Weathering the Korean
Battle of Gettysburg 75th Memorial – July 1, 1938 July 1st of this year marked the 162nd anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, the battle that signaled a turn in the Civil War. Obviously, no recordings or on-the-spot news reports from that period exist, but a 75th anniversary observance of
America’s Town Meeting – Dec. 18, 1938 1938 was a nervous year in our history. The slow recovery, the looming war in Europe, saber rattling in the Far-East , racism, unemployment, crime – all these elements created an air of tension and fear over the future of America and the
Former vice-President Henry A. Wallace giving one of his many last minute pitches for the vote in November of 1948 – as former vice-President under Roosevelt, he broke ranks with the party when Harry Truman came in, declaring there was no much difference between the Democrats or Republicans. America needed
During the constitutional upheaval of 1974, as the Watergate scandal reached its climax, Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia emerged as one of the most measured and principled voices in the United States Senate. His reaction to President Richard Nixon’s impending impeachment and ultimate resignation was shaped by a
In 1974, the United States’ foreign policy toward the Soviet Union was guided by the policy of détente—a deliberate effort to ease Cold War tensions through diplomacy, negotiation, and limited cooperation. Initiated under President Richard Nixon and his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, détente sought to stabilize the volatile superpower
