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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  Oct 15, 2019
  

  Should We Care About Presidential Age?

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  Age seems even more important after Sanders suffered a heart attack earlier this month.

  

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  Oct 6, 2019
  

  The Challenge of the Democratic Primary

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  Trying to determine a tenable strategy for 2020 is a crucial project that requires creativity and decisiveness.

  

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  Sep 29, 2019
  

  The Demise of the Republican Party

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  While the Republican Party might still exist in name, it has lost all principle, all purpose, and all reason to exist under its present name.

  

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  Sep 12, 2019
  

  The History of Impeachment and Why Democrats Need to Act Now

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  If Democrats don’t take action, history will record that the Democratic Party refused to see the long term danger of Trump, and it will set a bad precedent for the future. 

  

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  Aug 27, 2019
  

  Introducing Ronald L. Feinman's Blog and Archiving His Past Articles

  by Ronald L. Feinman

  An archive of Ronald L. Feinman's previous contributions to the History News Network.