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.
Eric Burns | Posted 11.15.2008 | Media
Now that Barack Obama has defeated John McCain for the presidency, it is perhaps an appropriate time to skim over television's history.
Tom Alderman | Posted 11.06.2008 | Media
For news junkies, the fun has just begun. There's an administration to cast, speculation about post-election deals, mergers and maneuvers. And how about the people who deliver the news?
Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 10.28.2008 | Politics
McCain has guaranteed he would win the election. It's understandable why he may think victory is still within his grasp. Republicans have proven most adept at winning elections by following a simple formula.
David Quigg | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics
"Great-great-grandma Frances will set you straight. By the time I'm done with you, you'll vote for who you want to vote for. You won't let anybody scare you out of it. That's the lesson of Al Smith."
Robert Scheer | Posted 10.15.2008 | Politics
The hero of the hour is FDR, as the essential wisdom of his New Deal is now embraced by most Republicans as well as Democrats.
Paul Abrams | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics
If anyone did not think a McCain presidency would be both a foreign policy and a domestic disaster, you now have proof positive.
Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics
At a moment when America is facing financial woes that can only be compared to those it faced after the October 1929 crash, Obama, like FDR, offers the promise of a young, vigorous leader.
James Berman | Posted 10.01.2008 | Business
The divide between a severe recession and a depression is vast. It's important to keep this divide in mind, because an error in the measure of that gap can lead to major mistakes.
Liesl Schillinger | Posted 10.01.2008 | Business
I've updated one of "Annie's" melodies, "We'd Like to Thank You Herbert Hoover," to give you a tune to whistle to distract yourself from thoughts of the coming Newpression.
Steven Denlinger | Posted 10.01.2008 | Politics
A FRIEND recently sent me an email that expressed his frustration with the bailout plan: "I was talking with a businessman on Sunday (Ventura way),...
Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics
So the verdict is in. The House's failure to pass the bailout bill means that George W. Bush's record will not be as bad as Herbert Hoover's. It will be worse.
Steven Denlinger | Posted 09.20.2008 | Home
Imagine this situation: Russia attacks America, and in order to teach the world what happens when you try attacking America's Mighty Might, we attack...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.19.2008 | Politics
The worst financial collapse since the Great Depression is somehow a fitting end to eight miserable years under the worst presidential administration ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.16.2008 | Politics
Democrats, going after John McCain and the GOP jugular, are launching a coordinated attack over the economy, painting the current administration as th...
Mark Nickolas | Posted 08.20.2008 | Politics
If McCain opts for either Lieberman or Ridge, they'll hold the all-time GOP record for oldest presidential ticket.
Tom Alderman | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics
Whether we admit it, or not, presidential campaigns are more about personality than policies, temperament over brains, and has been since broadcasting began.
Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics
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.
John Tepper Marlin | Posted 04.06.2008 | Politics
Today the McLaughlin Group showed a short video of the 1924 Democratic convention in Madison Square Garden as background to a cautionary exchange on ...
Fox Business | Dunstan Prial | Posted 02.18.2008 | Business
The only president in the past century with anything resembling a proven -- let alone successful -- business background was Herbert Hoover. That's ri...
Paul Abrams | Posted 01.27.2008 | Politics
After all the damage and all the carnage caused by the disastrous policies and arrogant belief system of George W. Bush and his cronies, the only saving grace is that he paves the way for a progressive revival.
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 01.22.2008 | Business
The Republicans are so busy denouncing the Democrats as defeatists in Iraq, they've missed their own defeat in the realm of economics, (which the media tell us is the Republicans' strong suit).
Washington Post | Juliet Eilperin | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics
When former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney paid tribute to his presidential heroes during his victory speech last night, he left out one prominent...
Paul Finkelman | Posted 12.21.2007 | Politics
What happens after Bush leaves office will in some ways determine his place in history. If the next president figures out how to extricate us from Iraq and how to repair our image abroad, Bush will, ironically, not look so bad.
Dan Agin | Posted 11.15.2007 | Politics
In politics, we don't remember enough. We forget how much of American political history is a history of con-men selling us "snake oil."
Tina Fey graces the cover of the January issue of Vanity Fair, and in an...
Via ThinkProgress, in an interview with NewsMax, President Bush's brother Jeb...
President Bush let it all out today during an interview with ABC News' Charlie...
The following is Part I of Sean Penn's piece, Mountain of Snakes (Read Part II here) The
Governor Palin Neglects Alaska Duties for Partisan Stumping on Campaign Trail...
Last week, Black Friday heralded the unofficial kickoff of the 2008 winter holiday...
Reuters has a Q&A with John Travolta to promote his animated film "Bolt." At the end, they ask him...
President-elect Barack Obama announced Monday that Robert Gates would remain as...
NEW YORK — Rush Limbaugh has seldom been a fan of...
After a 12-day hiatus, Sarah Palin stepped back into the spotlight on Monday to...
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration backed off proposed crackdowns...
It started with the fist bump seen 'round the world. Soon...
A revolutionary device that can harness...
Jacob Savage | Posted 11.21.2008 | Politics