This article appeared in the February 8, 1933 edition of The Nation.
January 13, 2009 reprint:
Within a few hours after inauguration the nation should be able to gauge fairly well, whether Norman Thomas's taunt that the political star of Franklin D. Roosevelt would begin to set on March 4 was justified. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.