
F.D.R.’s Closest Call: What if He Had Lost?
Last Monday, Jan. 30, marked the 124th birthday of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Sixty years after his death, nearly everyone has forgotten how close we came to never having him as a President.
In 1928, I was a 15-year-old political junkie living in Bensonhurst. The Democrats nominated New York Governor Al Smith for the Presidency, the Read More