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We've Been Down This Road Before: A Great Depression Quiz

Jacob Savage | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics


Jacob Savage

Your task is to decide what era and person each quote refers to: Hoover, Coolidge, Roosevelt, and 1929-1933, or Bush, McCain, Obama, and the events of the last four years.

Lips: Whose Do You Want in the White House, Cindy's or Michelle's

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 09.22.2008 | Style


Maggie Van Ostrand

In the history of the United States, all the lips of the great First Ladies were full. I'm not saying they were pillowed like Angelina Jolie's, but they were pretty, plump, presidential.

Bush-McCain Economic Philosophy Needs More than "Adjustments"

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 09.15.2008 | Business


Robert S. McElvaine

John McCain fully agrees with this Hooveresque assessment that the economy is "fundamentally sound." That is a fundamentally flawed argument.

Panic, Anyone?

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


Robert S. McElvaine

While President Bush continues to toss around such euphemisms as "rough patch" and "tough times," most Americans have clearly felt the effects of a recession for the past few months.

Political Legacy and the 2008 Election

Dylan Loewe | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics


Dylan Loewe

Like Hoover and Carter, Bush will have unintentionally laid the groundwork from which a paradigm-shifting candidate can take the country in an entirely new direction, once again.