A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions
Don't buy into the media narrative that this is some sort of "divided party" -- because today's Democrats aren't. All true Democrats are pulling hard to defeat the legacy of George W. Bush.
Don't buy into the media narrative that this is some sort of "divided party" -- because today's Democrats aren't. All true Democrats are pulling hard to defeat the legacy of George W. Bush.
Robert Mackey | Posted 08.21.2008 | Business
I received the following yesterday in my inbox, from Jim Campi, communications director of the Civil War Preservation Trust: "Stop the Wilderness Wal...
Robert Mackey | Posted 07.28.2008 | Politics
How should a candidate for president articulate this vision of a better world, in an era of high energy prices, terrorism, health care issues and a host of other problems?
Tom Gregory | Posted 06.27.2008 | Living
Love, West Hollywood highlights the human side of an inequality that is finally unraveling. We'll see what happens in California in the next six months -- the whole world is watching us.
Robert Mackey | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics
The simple facts is that the individual Confederate soldier -- from the lowest economic rung and in many cases disenfranchised as the slaves were -- fought for a variety of reasons.
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics
RFK and Barack Obama may come to be seen as the bookends of the second American civil war, a war that has divided the nation and been a dominant force in our politics for four decades.
Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 05.27.2008 | Politics
The state-backed violence has reached a pinnacle in rural areas. Mugabe and his allies think the rural vote will decide the octogenarian's grip on power.
Abigail E. Disney | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
How was it possible that these Liberian women had accomplished such an enormous feat without having been noticed and reported on by the news outlets I had come to know and trust?
David Quigg | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics
Seward and Chase shared the indignity of losing their party's nomination to a relatively inexperienced opponent. That opponent, a guy from Illinois named Abraham Lincoln.
Jamal Dajani | Posted 05.08.2008 | Politics
Today, gun battles have erupted in Beirut following a speech by Hezbollah's Secretary General. Has Lebanon become the new battlefield for Saudi Arabia and Iran, or is it edging closer towards civil war?
Rep. Joe Baca | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics
Since 1863, Californians have celebrated the fifth of May, and now people across the U.S. recognize the occasion as well. Yet it is virtually ignored in Mexico.
Diane Francis | Posted 04.12.2008 | Politics
Just as it took Americans decades to clean up New York, the Wild West and Deep South it will take decades to clean up Iraq. Worse yet, Iraq is even more backward than 19th century America.
Bob Burnett | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics
As Hillary Clinton prepares for her last charge up the political hills of Pennsylvania, she'd do well to remember the bitter lesson learned by the Confederate Army at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Michael Shaw | Posted 03.31.2008 | Media
Al Eisele | Posted 02.18.2008 | Living
I'll spend this Presidents Day thinking about what it means to govern during a time of war, and what the duty of the living is to the dead.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
The scariest thing about Paul is that millions seem to agree that his off beat views, especially on race matters, make sense.
Sean Carman | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics
Watergate was invented by the liberal media as retaliation for the great success of Nixon's law and order presidency.
Orlando Lima | Posted 11.20.2007 | Media
Hip-hop accounts for more empowering music, artwork, dance and writing than any other cultural movement in the history of our country.
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Chris Weigant | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics