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Once again you've got to hand it to Maureen Dowd.  Even in an otherwise uneven column like today's, she can still come up with the kind of stinging snarkism that says all there is to say about the subject at hand: Who would have dreamed that when socialism finally...

Apparently I wasn't the only one to be a bit unsettled by the image of that long empty corridor behind President Bush in his too-little-too-late attempt to address the nation's concerns about the careening economy. (What the President was really trying to say in those...

If appearances alone decided the debate's winner, then John McCain won. His energetic demeanor helped dampen concerns that he is too old for the job. Obama, on the other hand, did not come across as the candidate of cool. His expression alternated between a scowl and...

In the Washington Post, economist James K. Galbraith of the University of Texas - who is not only one of the leading liberal figures in his field, but the son of John Kenneth Galbraith, William F. Buckley Jr's eternal Firing Line antagonist - examines the current...

In their column today, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann lay down the "Morning Debate Line".  It's pretty basic analysis but the Morrises pull it together very well. They clearly feel that Senator McCain's decision to suspend his campaign has played well and goosed his...

On October 2, anyone in the Los Angeles area who's interested in paying the $100 admission can go to the Landmark Theater in West LA, watch the vice-presidential debate on a big-screen television, then enjoy some supplemental entertainment: a reading of the new play...

For much of the 20th century, the Blackstone Hotel, located at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Balboa Street in Chicago, was known as the “hotel of the presidents.” The 21-story facility, recently renovated by the Marriott people with a price tag of 128 million...

Joe Biden's gaffes about coal and FDR have received a great deal of attention.  The press has yet to focus on an equally ridiculous statement:  "The first guy to support solar energy was me 26 years ago."  No, American political leaders were talking about solar energy...

On the occasion of the 56th anniversary of the Checkers speech, it is appropriate to know that Richard Nixon has been a pioneer of much of what we know as modern American politics. Checkers after all marked the beginning of Richard Nixon's significant presence onto...

Here is a link to my conversation yesterday with historian-author, David Pietrusza, on WAVA in Washington, D.C. We talked about his new book, 1960, LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon - The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies. The interview runs about 38 minutes. To hear...