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William Jennings Bryan believed that political history consisted of a constant battle between an elitist minority and the people. This elitist minority, known by many different names, ruled through coercion and fear. Bryan concluded that the only government that could protect th…

As Henry Jackson exhorted defense lobbyists during the height of the Cold War, “The Russians are determined to play the game of power politics, and we cannot choose not to play. The only course open to us is to play it better or to lose.” This mindset typified a “Coterie” of Sen…

This study addresses deficits in the literature regarding the influence that Christianity had on the Progressive movement in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Specifically, this study will examine the influence that William Jennings Bryan (t…

In the 1970s, California Governor Jerry Brown imposed new limits on California, arguing that future losses of revenue and natural resources could alter state government’s capacity to provide services. Embracing conservative ideas like reducing the size of government, limiting so…