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 Dr. Ed Lorenz, Alma College Reid-Knox Professor of History and professor of political science, uses the examples set by President Franklin Roosevelt to make a case that bipartisanship is the only way we can make the necessary and difficult decisions concerning foreign and military policy in the next four years.

In an election year prior to entry into World War II, Roosevelt named prominent Republicans to critical cabinet positions and replaced Democrat Joe Kennedy with Republican John Winant as British ambassador. Roosevelt was then able to make and gain consensus on policy choices too difficult for any candidate to make. Then as now, the best policy was not that advocated by either ideological side.

Contact Dr. Lorenz at (989) 463-7203 or lorenz@alma.edu

Terra’s Spring Term experience in China is a tremendous help understanding the relationship the U.S. has with one of its largest trading partners. The business administration major from Monroe has seen first hand the economic effects on southeast Michigan of low-cost imports and Chinese monetary policies.