Episode #6: What is 'Radical', anyway?

<p>We’re happy to be back with Episode #6, where we want to ask a big question: What is ‘radical’, anyway?  We want to Catch you Up To Speed on other eras in American History that were seen as ‘radical’, but in retrospect seem necessary, even essential.</p> <p>We’re also moving into re-working our format, and will bring regular examples of our ‘4 Tips for following the News’, while setting the stage for even more new themes and features for future episodes.</p> <p>Links:</p> <p><a href='https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-platform-medicare/'>Click here</a> for some background on previous Democratic party platforms, and why the 2020 platform isn't necessarily 'radical' based on history.</p> <p>In the early 1970's, Richard Nixon did talk about <a href='https://khn.org/news/nixon-proposal/'>universal health care</a>...before taking on Edgar Kaiser et al. suggestions for the HMO system.</p> <p>And here are the two op-eds from former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers:</p> <p><a href='https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/04/larry-summers-biden-covid-stimulus/'>Washington Post Op-Ed, February 4th</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.wsj.com/articles/wrong-stimulus-wrong-time-11612568558'>WSJ.com Op-Ed, February 5th</a></p>