Ronald L. Feinman
Ronald L. Feinman received his Ph.D. from the City University of New York Graduate School in 1975. His dissertation advisor was Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Dr. Feinman is the author of “Twilight of Progressivism: The Western Republican Senators and the New Deal” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981) and “Assassinations, Threats, and the American Presidency: From Andrew Jackson to Barack Obama” (Rowman Littlefield Publishers, 2015, Paperback Edition 2017). In addition to this blog, Dr. Feinman has blogged at TheProgressiveProfessor.com since 2008 and is a political and historical Commentator on Radio Station WWGH, 107.1 FM, Marion, Ohio. Dr. Feinman has spent nearly a half century as Professor of American History, Government and Politics and is still teaching a US Presidency class at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida every Fall and Spring term.
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Mar 4, 2022
Why Two Congresswomen, Generations Apart, Stood Alone Against the Tide of War
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Feb 18, 2022
Strained Relationships between Presidents and Vice Presidents are Nothing New
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Feb 2, 2022
Senate Votes Against War Resolutions Have Been Rare; Here are some Noteworthy Ones
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Dec 5, 2021
Seven Ex-Presidents Have Tried To Reclaim the Office. Will There Be an Eighth?
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Nov 14, 2021
Will New York State Return to Dominating Presidential Elections?
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Oct 8, 2021
The Kennedys and the Levins: Two Significant Pairs of Brothers in Congress
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Sep 26, 2021
Famous Parent-Child Pairs in the Senate-Part II: The Democrats
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Sep 10, 2021
Famous Parent-Child Pairs in the US Senate: Part 1-The Republicans
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Aug 22, 2021
First-Year Foreign Policy Disasters are a Frequent Feature of the Presidency
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Aug 15, 2021
More Senators Who Impacted Politics Outside the Two-Party System
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Aug 6, 2021
Illinois's 16th Congressional District Has Put Forward Three Important National Politicians
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Jul 25, 2021
Influential Independent and Third-Party Senators (Part 1)
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Jul 6, 2021
Who's Up, Who's Down in the latest CSPAN Presidential Ranking Poll
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Jun 18, 2021
The Eighty-Year Cycle of Existential National Crisis: How Will This One End?
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Jun 4, 2021
Governing With an Evenly Divided Senate is a Rare Tightrope Act
by Ronald L. Feinman
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May 26, 2021
Presidential-Vice Presidential Relationships Aren't Always What They Seem
by Ronald L. Feinman
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May 14, 2021
Obama's Reputation With Scholars and the Public Likely to Rise
by Ronald L. Feinman
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May 1, 2021
The Connection Between Joe Biden and Robert F. Kennedy
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Apr 16, 2021
More Senators Who Made an Impact, Despite First Being Appointed (Not Elected)
by Ronald L. Feinman
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Apr 9, 2021
Senators who Made an Impact, Despite First being Appointed (not Elected)
by Ronald L. Feinman
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