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What is exceptional about America is its culture of sadism.
In 1932, as in 2020, the nation experienced an explosion of civil unrest on the eve of a presidential election, writes James N. Gregory.
Thomas Doherty offers a reminder of the lesser-known battle that FDR waged, in public and in private.