Talk:Louis Howe

Going for GA
Hey there page-watchers, I'm going to be working to source and expand this article in the next few days in an attempt to raise it to Good Article status. This will involve some rewriting and rearranging of material as well. I'm going to take a WP:BRD approach to it, so feel free to revert anything you disagree with and we can talk about it here. Thanks to everybody who's worked on this one already. -- Khazar2 (talk) 14:35, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm done with my overhaul, I think. I'm proceeding on the assumption that since there's been no comment here so far, this page is probably not actively watched, or that I have the tacit okay to proceed. Let me know if anybody has any objections to my expansions, though; I'd be glad to discuss. -- Khazar2 (talk) 19:22, 28 January 2013 (UTC)

Darman's FDR book
A WSJ book review of Darman's 2022 book states that Darman claims that FDR's polio in 1921 allowed Howe to "deepen Franklin's knowledge and refine his powers of analysis" and helped, along with FDR's competitive spirit, to greatly increase FDR's "empathy, perseverance, and breadth of vision." Howe not only took up residence with the Roosevelt family, but became key in many areas of FDR's political, social, and intellectual life. Seems to me he (I'd never heard of him before reading the WSJ review) should get more credit for turning a "shallow, vain man who lacked wisdom and true political skill" into the guy who became our only 4-term president, especially for the years after 1921.98.21.219.152 (talk) 02:06, 14 September 2022 (UTC)