INSKEEP: I always admired him ... things and holding on to the one important one, which was destroying Robert E. Lee's army. RUBENSTEIN: Alright, so the war goes on for four years.

Author Marc Dunkelman discusses how progressive policies have stifled the government's ability to carry out big ...

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Medical researchers at the National Institutes of Health say the early actions by the new Trump administration are harming their research.

Inskeep: But isn't this good in a country with ... And we've swung from one extreme where folks like Robert Moses could do almost whatever they wanted without anybody being able to say anything ...

INSKEEP: Rob, I'm just going to note the administration's leadership for health is not yet in place, although he's nominated two critics of the NIH. STEIN: Yeah, that's absolutely right.