FRIDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 16th

It's 10 degrees in Washington D.C. A village of trailers, tents and satellite trucks occupy an acre just south of the stately memorial to Abraham Lincoln. A crew of two hundred in parkas, mufflers, winter underwear and ski hats are at work - musicians, stagehands, crew...

Yes, it would be excessive to credit Barack Obama for the most beautiful November Sunday in Washington D.C. in many years. The sun is shining and golden Maple leaves are fluttering to the ground. People in Rock Creek Park are in shirtsleeves, many wearing shorts.

You would never imagine that...

CHICAGO, NOVEMBER 4, 2008 -- So it comes down to this. Shirtsleeve weather in Chicago on election day. The friends I see are on edge -- less anxiety than a sense that a deeply emotional moment lies just ahead, a profound change for our country. It makes one look back...

In the fall of 2003 Vernon Jordan asked me to stop by a fundraiser at his house in Washington for a friend of his who was seeking the Democratic nomination for the United States senate in Illinois. Vernon said, "Please come by, we need people. You don't have to give...

We lost a great figure in American life with the death of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. Arthur, who turned eighty-nine last October, had enjoyed his ritual martini and was addressing a steak when he suffered a heart attack Wednesday night in a New York restaurant. He was unwilling to surrender his...