Tag / Nixon
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Cleveland , Chicago, Conventions and the Media
BY RYAN THIER “AND WITH GEORGE MCGOVERN AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, WE WOULDN’T HAVE TO HAVE GESTAPO TACTICS IN THE STREETS OF CHICAGO.” – SENATOR ABE RIBICOFF 1968 was a turbulent year in the United States, with cultural and political unrest explosively culminating in Chicago’s conflagration of a Democratic National Convention. The chaos,…
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Attempts at Independence
BY BEN GOTTESDIENER Between 1973 and the present, there have been numerous shocks to the energy marketplace, the oil market in particular. With each shock came a subsequent call for energy independence, and a national energy strategy to make the United States achieve it. However, with each call for independence and with each plan to…
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