Abraham Lincoln may be President Barack Obama's favorite predecessor, but in his early White House days his recipe has been two parts Franklin D. Roos...
Will Bunch | Posted 01.29.2009 | Politics
It's fair to ask whether the Reagan myth matters as much now that George W. Bush is back at the ranch and President Obama is in the White House. I would argue that it does.
Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 01.26.2009 | Media
The neocons are returning to their liberal origins. It's interesting that Kristol's most interesting op-ed came at the end and could have been titled, "In Defense of Liberalism."
Washington Independent | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics
Some public officials are minimalists. They do not like to reject the fundamental commitments of their fellow citizens. On environmental questions, se...
Paul Reiser | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics
At Friday's press conference Obama was trying to put out a fire that wasn't really there, and in the process, made a silly joke. Clearly, there's some sort of transition time needed between campaigning and having won.
RealClearPolitics | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics
Krauthammer's Hail Mary Rule: You get only two per game. John McCain, unfortunately, has already thrown three. The first was his bet on the surge, a d...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics
An unexpected if not remarkable component has emerged in this still developing general election race: both candidates are, in one way or another, tryi...
AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 03.29.2008 | Politics
GREENSBURG, Pa. — Sen. Barack Obama said Friday he would return the country to the more "traditional" foreign policy efforts of past presidents,...
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics
If Clinton insists that this election "is about replacing disastrous Republican ideas with new ones," it is also fair to ask why she didn't seem to feel this way the last time she stood for election.
Washington Post's The Trail | Anne Kornblut | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics
Under fire for airing misleading attacks on Sen. Barack Obama, the Clinton campaign has pulled a radio ad that quoted the Illinois senator calling Rep...
RJ Eskow | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics
What progressive wouldn't want a "progressive Reagan"? And what Democrat wouldn't want to win disaffected Republicans and more independents? That's all Obama was saying.
Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics
In this negative spot sent to reporters by the Obama campaign, Clinton continues to take Obama's line that Republicans were the "party of ideas" to su...
Miles Mogulescu | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics
In the general election you can count on the media (falsely) depicting McCain as a "straight shooter" while pointing out the Clintons' lack of candor.
NY Times | Paul Krugman | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics
Historical narratives matter. That's why conservatives are still writing books denouncing F.D.R. and the New Deal; they understand that the way Americ...
New York Daily News | Michael McAuliff | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics
Hillary Clinton just whacked Barack Obama after he had something complimentary to say about Republicans, in this case that they where the party of ide...
Erica Jong | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics
So Mr. Obama is not such a new style politician after all. He's just a politician -- invoking Reagan as if he were God Almighty, using his name as code as the Republicans do.
CBS News | Aaron Lewis | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics
John Edwards ripped Barack Obama for praising the way Ronald Reagan brought about change when he was President of the United States.... ..."He was op...
AP | Posted 10.17.2007 | Politics
Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday ridiculed Democratic rival Barack Obama for saying he would meet, without precondition, with ...
After a three-night stay in Moscow, the Obamas touched down in Rome on Wednesday so Papa President...
On Thursday, the first ladies of the G8 were given a tour of earthquake damage in L'Aquila by...
UPDATE: Paris Jackson also spoke. Watch her moving...
I was sorry to watch, live on CNN, Edward R. Murrow and Emmy Award-winning broadcaster and...
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It was with interest that I read Dr. Soram Khalsa's post on The Huffington Post...
Yesterday evening, Greg Sargent reported on The Plum Line that one of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's key reasons...
OH NOES! What happened on Fox and Friends today, people?
Hermione herself, Emma Watson, charmed David Letterman and...
As our own Jason Linkins pointed out, Letterman is one of the few comedians...
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Oscar G. Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name,...
It's summer, the time for weddings! A few of my friends are getting married this summer and fall, so lately...
SYDNEY — Residents of a rural Australian town hoping to protect the earth and their wallets...
I get many letters like this from readers...
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wsj.com | Posted 02.18.2009 | Politics