America's 40 Years War at an End
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.
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.
Sean Wilentz | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics
The Obama campaign and its sympathizers have begun to articulate what they mean by their vague slogan of "change" -- nothing less than usurping the historic Democratic Party, by rejecting its historic electoral core.
MarketWatch | Jon Friedman | Posted 05.19.2008 | Media
In 2006, Princeton University history professor Sean Wilentz wrote a cover story for Rolling Stone titled: "The Worst President in History?" The acco...
Manisha Sinha | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics
The Democratic presidential nomination bears some startling similarities to the 1860 Republican race between Abraham Lincoln of Illinois and William Henry Seward of New York.
RJ Eskow | Posted 04.10.2008 | Politics
The story of the Clinton family's income has received much less play in the media than the money her subordinates received from the same sources.
Oliver Willis | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics
The pro-Clinton blogs are flogging yet another "How about THIS!!!???" idea designed to present yet another laughable justification for her to be awarded the nomination she is losing.
RJ Eskow | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics
Of all the campaign's miscalculations, Hillary's is the most frustrating. They continue to brag about their "pragmatism," even as it drags their candidate down with perceptions of cynicism and expediency.
RJ Eskow | Posted 12.13.2007 | Politics
If I had really written what Sean Wilentz says I wrote, I'd owe him an apology. As it is, he owes me one - but I'm not holding my breath.
RJ Eskow | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics
Every presidential candidate in the last 100 years has treated the idealism of the voters as a resource to be cherished, not a character defect to be mocked or derided.
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Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics