The term "base" is not in William Safire's political dictionary, but he tells me it will be included in the next edition. "Base" refers to that solid core of political supporters who will stick with you through electoral thick and thin as long as you are perceived as advancing their...

I haven't had any problems with the FBI lately that I know of, and I was hoping it would stay that way.

In 1971, President Nixon had J. Edgar Hoover launch an investigation of me that ended up as an item in the Bill of Impeachment under "Presidential Abuse of...

If the 19th and early 20th century marked the era of unification with the creation of a united Germany and a united Italy, a united Yugoslavia and a united Czechoslovakia, then the late 20th and early 21st centuries may go down in history as the era of disintegration.

Yugoslavia, which...

What with all the Cheney hullabaloo, you might not have noticed, but it looks as though the US government is getting back into the "regime change" business.

Regime change typically begins with a process of fomenting disaffection, encouraging people to turn against their government. The United States tried it a...

President Bush is taking on an issue of presidential powers over which presidents have stumbled before.

At a news conference, the president said that warrantless eavesdropping targeted at foreign citizens by the National Security Agency will continue as long as the enemy threat continues. He cited the Congressional resolution of...

Speaking to a group about politics in the spring of the year 2000 when the primaries had hardly gotten under way, I was challenged to predict who would be the next president. Not having the foggiest idea, I said, deadpan, that the Democratic convention would break up in chaos, unable...