Historical rankings of presidents of the United States former director of the University of Maryland's African American Leadership Institute, stated that Presidents ranked by how each one balanced the interests of majority interests and the interests of excluded groups was practical in respect to American debate on racial politics. Presidents have traditionally been ranked on personal qualities and their leadership ability to solve problems that move the nation in a positive direction. Walters stated there was a qualitative difference between white and African American intellectuals in evaluating presidents. In the 1996 "New York Times" poll by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., 31 white historians and one black historian ranked
War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death is a 2007 American documentary film. The film is narrated by Sean Penn and is adapted from the book of the same name, authored by Norman Solomon. The film attempts to expose how the American government over 50 years has tried to strum up war effort using the media as a tool. ""War Made Easy" gives special attention to parallels between the Vietnam war and the war in Iraq." "New York Times" columnist Jeannette Catsoulis described