Showing posts with label the Progressive Era. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the Progressive Era. Show all posts
Monday, September 29, 2025

A review of Ric Burns’ “New York: A Documentary History”

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“Whereupon the Citty and Fort Amsterdam and Province of the New Netherlands were surrendered under His Most Exct. Mat’s. Obedience, made and...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025

William McKinley: President during the Spanish-American War

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In 1898, President William McKinley sent American troops to fight in Cuba and the Philippines . This conflict is now known as the  “Spanis...
Friday, October 11, 2024

A review of Ken Burns’ “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History”

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A miniseries covering Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt Just as the Americans remember  Mr. Churchill , so do t...
Sunday, September 15, 2024

William Howard Taft: Made and un-made by Theodore Roosevelt

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William Howard Taft has now become little more than a footnote to the larger story of  Theodore Roosevelt . When we hear Taft’s name today, ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2015

A review of “TR: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt”

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"If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman;...
Sunday, August 16, 2015

A review of “The Panama Canal” (American Experience)

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"The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a zone of land and land under w...
Sunday, December 28, 2014

A review of PBS's “Woodrow Wilson” movie

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Disclaimer: I'm not a big fan of Wilson's presidency Before I begin this review, I should give a disclaimer that I am not a b...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

A review of "Crucible of Empire: the Spanish-American War"

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I just finished watching "Crucible of Empire: The Spanish-American War," PBS's two-hour documentary about this time. I wa...