Saladin Ambar: 3 books
American Cicero
Mario Cuomo and the Defense of American Liberalism
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Mario Cuomo was the most important Democratic officeholder during the Reagan era. The three-term governor of New York was also a famously eloquent defender of the Democratic Party's progressive legacy even as conservatives gained political power across the nation. As liberalism's most powerful and...
Malcolm X at Oxford Union
Racial Politics in a Global Era
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
In 1964 Malcolm X was invited to debate at the Oxford Union Society at Oxford University. The topic of debate that evening was the infamous phrase from Barry Goldwater's 1964 Republican Convention speech:"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice; moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."...
by Saladin M. Ambar
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
A governor's mansion is often the last stop for politicians who plan to move into the White House. Before Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, four of his last five predecessors had been governors. Executive experience at the state level informs individual presidencies, and, as...