The unholy spirit of presidential activism

I don’t always watch television, but when I do, I prefer Turner Classic Movies. I’m clearly not the most interesting man in the world, but on Tuesday at 8:00, you can catch an old movie that has far more interesting things to say about the American presidency than anything that will be running on Fox News or MSNBC.

That movie is 1933’s “Gabriel Over the White House,” starring Walter Huston. Released shortly after Franklin Roosevelt’s election, it depicts a president literally touched by an angel and empowered to heal the country and the world.