43 Turns Classy Face to 44
President George W. Bush this morning delivered one of the nobler welcomes for a chief executive turning over…
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Color Draining Out of Modern Elections
If you’re not already suffering from Electoral Map Fatigue, the American Presidency Project has a nifty collection of…
Newspaper Ed Pages Flocking to Obama
Last week, our Tom Jacobs reported on a new study from Brown University academics that demonstrated newspaper endorsements…
Recalling America’s Boer War
Back when wars had endings that would be obvious to all, FDR gave a short shout out to…
The Day the Chinese Got the Bomb
Forty-four years ago, the United States confronted a new nuclear power — Red China.
Defending the Veep Pick, 1988 Style
Today is the 20th anniversary of the presidential debate in which Michael Dukakis was asked whether he would…
Space Race Evolves into a Relay
As NASA marks its 50th year, the space agency is looking at having Russians put Americans into space.…
Start Warming Up Those Buckets
With the much-vaunted vice presidential debate over, and neither Sarah Palin nor Joe Biden seen with bullet holes…
Voting Can Be Bad For You
Today we’ll step away from what presidents past have done and make a prediction about voters’ future —…
A Down-Home Dog Lover vs. The Aristocrats
Today is the anniversary of Richard Nixon’s ‘Checkers’ speech, a long mea not really culpa about accepting illegal…