Light of the Nations - Part 14: The Whirlwind
Jimmy Carter entered office aiming to put his own spin on Mondale’s foreign policy. Maintain an active American Foreign policy, but avoid the sort of quagmires that had dogged Presidents in Vietnam.
Carter worked to rebuild the détente that had...
It's July of 1537 and King Henry VIII's third wife Jane Seymour is in labor. He is convinced that he'll finally get his son. But yet again he is disappointed. Instead of baby Edward, she produces another daughter.
There are two angles to go with here:
1. She dies of complications from the...
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. (May 27, 1911 – January 2, 1979) was an American pharmacist. politician and pianist who worked in the Twin Cities Music Scene for decades. He was Mayor of Minneapolis in the 1940s and was crucial in founding the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party. In 1948 he gave a well...
Light of the Nation - Part 13: Galloping Towards Victory
The 1984 election started close. Vice President Jimmy Carter facing off against Senator Bob Dole, it was anyone’s game. But it would not stay that way for long. Several factors were at play. Firstly the Mondale connection buoyed Carter...