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It was widely noted in the media yesterday morning that former Weather Underground leader and current professor of education Bill Ayers voted at the same grade school where Sen. Barack Obama (and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan) cast their ballots. But lost in...

Barack Obama is the first non-Southern Democrat to win a majority of the popular vote since 1944.  (In 1960, JFK got less than 50 percent in his race against the Old Man.) In fact, he is only the second non-Southern Democrat since 1828 to get more than 51 percent. ...

Read my colleague Robert Nedelkoff’s thoughtful views on the election and its possible aftermath. I would like to offer a respectful counter-point with some views of my own. You know, I want to vote Republican. After all, I have been a registered Republican since my...

As of Monday morning, the polls suggest that Barack Obama will have a substantial margin in the popular vote.  How come?  Much of the commentary will focus on the candidates' speeches, positions, ads, debate performances, and running mates.  On the loser's side, we...

Following a period in which some liberals claimed that Dubya's misdeeds made them wish Richard Nixon were still in the White House, this year has seen the resurgence of the customary derogation of our 37th president.  For example, horror novelist Stephen King,...

In this week's "Wonder Land" Daniel Henninger sees next Tuesday's outcome in little less than apocalyptic terms: I don't agree with the argument that an Obama-Pelosi-Reid government is a one-off, that good old nonideological American pragmatism will temper their...

Like Senator McCain, Senator Obama has assembled a team of experienced and mainstream advisors who advise him on foreign policy. His balanced policy statements on China and Asia reflect their combined expertice, charting a course for US-China relations that is...

China has not been a major foreign policy talking point for either candidate in during the campaigns. On the one hand, this is disappointing, because the US relationship is complex, dynamic and critical. Both candidates recognize that China is “rising,” and it will be...

With the exception of a very few slam dunk no brainer topics, I am loath even to speculate on ---much less to purport to know--- What Would Nixon Do?. That said, a tip o' the cap to Roger Stone for his "WWND" post on  yesterday's StoneZone. My only minor quibble that...

Today's Daily Telegraph offers a pictorial "History of the Power Parade" --- a look at the official automobiles of American presidents. There's Herbert Hoover's super cool 1932 Cadillac 452B V-16 Fleetwood Imperial (he may have raised taxes at the wrong time but he...