Ron Chernow

Why an Independent Presidential Candidate Can Succeed in 2012

Andrew S. Doctoroff | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: American Politics, 2012 Elections, Partisanship, Independent Candidate, Pundits, Ron Chernow, Politics News
Andrew S. Doctoroff

Our two-party system is buckling under the weight of its dysfunction. Exhausted by partisan gridlock, Americans are finally ready to embrace a centrist, pragmatic, independent candidate free from the demands of special interests and ideologues.

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From the Father of Our Country to the Brat Pack in Three Easy Biographies

Tom Alderman | Posted 09.13.2011

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Tom Alderman

If your summer reading includes Ron Chernow's MASSIVE George Washington: A Life, you're going to need some relief, aren't you? Here are a few biographies that are sometimes edifying and a bit more, uhhh, recreational.

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Pulitzer Prize 2011 Winners In Books: Did The Right Authors Win?

Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Pulitzer in Books, Goon Squad, Washington, Literary Prizes, Slidepollajax, Jennifer Egan, Ron Chernow, Pulitzer Prize, Books News

So will this be your next reading list? The Pulitzer Prizes for 2011 were announced today and the results for books are in the slideshow below. If you...

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Saki Knafo

Pulitzer Prize Winners For 2011: See The Full List

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: The New York Times, Pulitzer Prizes 2011, Jennifer Egan, Media, Journalism, Pulitzer Prize, The Washington Post, Eric Foner, Bruce Norris, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Boston Globe, Pulitzer Prizes, The Los Angeles Times, Pulitzer Prize 2011, Ron Chernow, Pulitzer Prize Winners, Media News

The 2011 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on Monday, and many of the journalism awards went to venerable, well-decorated publications. The New York T...

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You Are What You Know

Henry J. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dred Scott, Colegrove v. Green, George Washington, Felix Frankfurter, Rutherford B. Hayes, Ron Chernow, New York News
Henry J. Stern

In law, people may be found competent or incompetent to be accountable for criminal their behavior. With public officials, we are writing about crime in an attenuated sense.

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Alexander Hamilton's Religion: A Temperate Example For Today's Fractured World

Matt J. Rossano | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Revolution, Religion and Politics, Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, American History, Founding Father Biography, Religion in America, Alexander Hamilton Biography, Ron Chernow, Religion and Democracy, Religion News
Matt J. Rossano

Which Hamilton -- the pious Christian, the deist, the skeptic, the religious free-marketeer -- would pass judgment on the secular/religious debates of contemporary America?

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Thinking on George Washington and Barack Obama at Thankgiving

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Checks and Balances, Aaron Burr, George Washington, Tom Delay, George W. Bush, US Presidency, US Presidents, Ron Chernow, Thanksgiving 2010, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Barack Obama could become the George Washington of a next era for the country -- but he's going to have to learn how to be less acquiescent to the political weather.

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A President in Pain

Kate Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Toothaches, George Washington, History of Dentistry, Presidency, Ron Chernow, Books News
Kate Kelly

But it becomes very clear that toothaches and mouth pain were a bothersome daily issue for George Washington. What's more, he was very self-conscious as to how the substitute teeth made him look.

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My Conversation with Ron Chernow

Tavis Smiley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tavis Smiley

2010-10-12-smiley.jpgI asked George Washington biographer Ron Chernow a question about his recent op-ed regarding the Tea Party movement and the Founding Fathers.

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Washington Biography

New Yorker | Jill Lepore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chernow, President Washington, President George Washington, Presidential Biographies, Washington Biography, George Washington, Ron Chernow, Biography, Books News

Washington's contemporaries saw in him what they wanted to see. So have his biographers, of whom there have been many, including a delegate to the Con...

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President Washington Would Have Squashed Rick Barber Like a Grape

Doug Kendall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Founding Fathers, Tea Party, Rick Barber, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, Constitution, Ron Chernow, Politics News
Doug Kendall

As every fifth-grader knows, our Founding Fathers rebelled against the British tea taxes primarily because the taxes were imposed upon the colonies without any representation in the British Parliament.

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Alexander Hamilton's Scorn: Reflecting on AIG, Goldman, Hank Paulson and Bob Rubin

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Alexander Hamilton, Bank of New York, Department of the Treasury, Hamilton Project, Executive Bonuses, Barack Obama, Lawrence Summers, Robert Rubin, Goldman Sachs, Aig, Citibank, Tom Daschle, Henry Paulson, Timothy Geithner, American Financial Crisis, Nancy Killifer, Ron Chernow, Politics News
Steve Clemons

While many are criticizing the gross AIG taxpayer-funded bonuses of senior executives, the truth is that this kind of corruption is relatively small time -- even at $165 million -- and was predictable.

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