The energy industry is the new tobacco industry, with private law firms scoring appointments to represent blue States.
Remembering Elizabeth Willing Powel, to whom Benjamin Franklin famously said the people now had a republic, if they could keep it.
Abraham Lincoln stood on the Constitution, but also made real the most profound change American society needed to make.
A full biography of Willie Mays, the man who really broke the color line in major-league baseball and became a legend in his own time.
Comparing Donald Trump to Eugene V. Debs, another Presidential candidate with a dubious conviction and media vilification.
James Stewart’s iconic character, Senator Jefferson Smith, still has his appeal – but currently not enough to win commanding majorities.
Journalism in America has suffered somewhat from rapid technological change, but it has only itself to blame for its partisanship.
The most often quoted ranking systems for U.S. Presidents suffer from obvious, even obnoxiously brazen, bias.
On the 113th birthday of Ronald Reagan, a long-time Washington, D.C. reporter and editor remembers him and his era.
The No Labels organization might have the right idea (or not), but their solution will not work and will instead ensure the status quo.