Henry Steele Commager

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Talking with Henry Steele Commager is the closest we can come to interviewing a Founding Father. This patriarch of American historians taught history for over 60 years. Among his scores of books ar...

Talking with Henry Steele Commager is the closest we can come to interviewing a Founding Father. This patriarch of American historians taught history for over 60 years. Among his scores of books are The American Mind, The Empire of Reason, and The Search for a Usable Past. In this program with Bill Moyers, Commager laments that the American democratic system, based on the founding fathers' belief in individual honor, has been eroded by our present leaders. They are businessmen and opportunists, not politicians, says Commager. (30 minutes)

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