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(Clinton, Roosevelt, Madison)
The spouses of American presidents and presidential candidates always attract a lot of attention, wanted or not. But how much scrutiny do they really deserve? And is a willingness to bake cookies is still a requirement for the job?
"In America it's really all about— in a time of a lot of social change— reassuring nervous Americans that the 1950s family still lives."
—Katha Pollitt on first ladies
"In America it's really all about— in a time of a lot of social change— reassuring nervous Americans that the 1950s family still lives."
—Katha Pollitt on first ladies
The Survey Says
Maurice Carroll Quinnipiac University Polling Institute Director
on the first New York presidential poll results of the election season and the news from the Sunday talk shows
on the first New York presidential poll results of the election season and the news from the Sunday talk shows
Your Calls: Vroom Vroom!
Listener Call Ins on A-Rod and Hot Rods
Stand By Your President
Marilyn Yalom Senior Scholar at the Institute for Research on Women & Gender at Stanford University and author, The History of the Wife (Harper Collins, 2001) and Birth of the Chess Queen (Harper Collins, May)
on American expectations for the First Lady
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Katha Pollitt
on American expectations for the First Lady
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Katha Pollitt
Long Island Public
Craig Charney President of Charney Research
explains the results of his opinion survey on education on Long Island
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Carrie Meek Gallagher director of the Long Island Index, funded by the Rauch Foundation
explains the aging of the nation's oldest suburbs
explains the results of his opinion survey on education on Long Island
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Carrie Meek Gallagher director of the Long Island Index, funded by the Rauch Foundation
explains the aging of the nation's oldest suburbs