Nixon, Elvis and Me: Remembering the King at 75

Al Eisele, 01.06.2010

Editor-at-Large of The Hill

It was more than 39 years ago when Elvis Presley ushered him into the Oval Office to meet President Nixon, but it seems like only yesterday to Sonny West.

Dec. '09 Obama Poll Watch -- Below Fifty, But Stabilizing

Chris Weigant, 01.04.2010

Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)

It's time once again for Obama Poll Watch -- our monthly look back at Obama's approval ratings for the previous month.

2010: The Year We Make Contact

Mike Ragogna, 01.05.2010

music biz vet, entertainment writer

Can the music business take a page from the movie industry's playbook and figure out how to reconnect people to music in a more personal way?

Obama: Is He Nixon Reborn?

John Feffer, 12.22.2009

Co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus

Richard Nixon was the greatest peacemaker in U.S. history. He orchestrated the historic opening with Beijing. And he presided over the most significan...

Obama Won't Push Equal Rights Law in the Right Direction

Emma Ruby-Sachs, 12.25.2009

Lawyer

While the Obama administration pretends that the law is a concrete inflexible animal incapable of multiple interpretations, LGBT rights in this country continue to languish. Strong leadership is needed.

How Two Teenagers Beat the Secret Service

Paul Raeburn, 12.14.2009

Tareq and Michaele Salahi are not the first gate-crashers to discover that the Secret Service isn't so tough.

RFK's Assassination, The Reagans Dancing, The Clintons Kissing: The Photographs Of Harry Benson (PHOTOS)

Harry Benson, 12.10.2009

Photojournalist

I followed Bobby out through the kitchen. I heard the scream and it told me everything I needed to know. I knew this was it. We had walked out of happiness into hell.

The Nature of Fear

Jim Lichtman, 12.07.2009

Looking at two films recently I was struck not only by the similarities in deception but how the underlying aspect of fear transports individuals to a...

Barack Obama's War: 10 Key Things To Know

William Bradley, 12.04.2009

California-based Political Analyst NewWestNotes.com

It's Barack Obama's war now -- a war in which the Nobel Peace Prize-winner has placed himself at the helm of the largest military force ever sent to Afghanistan. Here are some key things to know.

Afghanistan, "So It Goes"

Joseph A. Palermo, 12.02.2009

Author/Associate Professor of History

As with Vietnam, the problem in Afghanistan is political, not military. The United States can stay there forever if we want to -- but is it worth it?

White House Gate Crashing, From Andrew Jackson To Grace Slick

Chris Weigant, 12.02.2009

Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)

While Washington is all a-twitter over two society climbers crashing the gates at an Obama soirée, in the grand sweep of history, it was a fairly minor event. No one was in danger, and no real harm was done, nobody got dosed with LSD.

Palin Is Nixon, Minus The Smarts

Mark Green, 11.24.2009

President of Air America Media

Sarah Palin's rhetoric against the East and West Coast elites, and liberal media, appeals to aggrieved "ordinary Americans", in her phrase. Sounds like "the silent majority." Is this Nixon redux?

Obama, the Teabaggers and Foreign Policy

Leon T. Hadar, 11.23.2009

Journalist and foreign affairs analyst

As Obama contemplates a new strategy for Afghanistan, he should consider integrating the conservative values of fiscal discipline and limited government into his foreign policy decision-making.

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed And An Independent Department Of Justice

Chris Weigant, 11.18.2009

Author, Political Commentator, and Blogger (ChrisWeigant.com)

The upcoming trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has revealed that a whole lot of people have totally and utterly forgotten the way our system of justice is designed to operate.

That Something Is Published Does Not Make It True

Judith M. Bardwick, 11.20.2009

Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego

I'm not on anyone's list to receive emails or blogs or even solicitations for money from extremely right wing, politically conservative organizations ...

Obama Bows, Conservatives Bitch, Reality Bites

Jackson Williams, 11.18.2009

Austin-based writer

President Obama bowed this week when greeting Japanese Emperor Akihito, and the conservative media and blogosphere went positively apoplectic.

Holder's Terror Decision Was His -- the De-Politicization of Justice

Mark Green, 11.17.2009

President of Air America Media

Beyond the merits of Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed in federal criminal court in Manhattan is the fact that it was his decision.

Liberal Elitism Will Make Sarah Palin President - How Only Union Organizing Can Stop It

Mike Elk, 11.12.2009

Campaign for America's Future

The experiences of liberal elites are so outside of the mainstream that, very often, they just don't understand the working class. Very few have any experience living with or knowing working-class people.

The "Goldilocks Principle" and Afghan War Options

Joseph A. Palermo, 11.09.2009

Author/Associate Professor of History

General McChrystal's recommendation for more troops and material has a distinctly Westmorelandian flavor to it. If approved, it could create an additional $40 to$80 billion per annum in war costs.

What Obama Is Up Against

Russ Baker, 11.04.2009

Editor, whowhatwhy.com, Author "Family of Secrets" explosive Bush history (2009)

We Americans harbor a quaint belief that a new president takes charge of a government that eagerly awaits his next command. But that's not how things work at the top, especially where "national security" is concerned.

President Obama & America's Comedically-Challenged Funnymen

Mark Joseph, 11.02.2009

Mark Joseph is a producer, author, talk show host and editor of Bullypulpit.com

For years liberals and conservatives have argued back and forth about a press biased against their side. President Obama is now leading a crusade agai...