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'Let's return to greatness' -- sound familiar, voters?
In 1960, candidate John F. Kennedy called the preceding eight Eisenhower years a "drugged and fitful sleep." Gloom and hope.
Obama, McCain refuse to call Russia 'evil empire'
White House candidates Barack Obama and John McCain on Tuesday refused to call Russia an "evil empire" but nevertheless criticized Moscow`s military actions in Georgia.
Speaking in 1975 to a group of disillusioned conservatives, Ronald Reagan urged them to eschew building a third party.
Obama launches a defense offensive
It's not the kind of language one expects to hear from a Democrat. In Tuesday's debate, Sen.
David Brooks: The Class War Before Palin
Modern conservatism began as a movement of dissident intellectuals. Richard Weaver wrote a book called, 'Ideas Have Consequences.' Russell Kirk placed Edmund Burke in an American context.
At the conclusion of the constitutional convention in 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked, "Well Doctor, what have we got - a Republic or a Monarchy?" He sagely responded, "A Republic, if you can keep it." In ...
Playing Golf in the Shadow of the Washington Monument: Best D.C. Courses
President George H. W. Bush told reporters in 1990 that an approaching storm wouldn't affect his golf plans.
Now Bush will have to face American ziggurat
Ever since his administration became a lame duck, US President George W. Bush must have wondered how his eight-year stewardship of the American destiny would draw to a close.
Analysis: McCain, Obama show a generational divide
John McCain finally got his wish: a town hall debate with Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama.
Criminal Mastermind Ronald Reagan Demands '59 Ford Hoonage! [Car Movies]
The Killers was Ronald Reagan's last film, made just a few years before he became governor of California.
COMMENTARY: Whatever Happened to the GOP ?
Oct. 7, 2008 COMMENTARY: Whatever Happened to the GOP ? By Joseph J. Honick Bainbridge Island, WA -- It's time to put truth to propaganda and wonder whatever happened to the party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, ...
McCain linked to group in Iran-Contra affair
Republican presidential candidate John McCain's ties to the U.S. chapter of a group linked to 1980s Central American ultra-right-wing death squads are under new scrutiny after his campaign criticized Barack ...
When Washington bridled and Begin fumed
Shoulders stooped, dark shadows under his eyes, Menachem Begin sat slumped in a wheelchair, steeped in morose musings.
Republican Economic Theories Dona t Add Up
Most Americans have one eye on the nation's financial crises and the other on the presidential election.
Memorable Quotes from Presidential Debates
The presidential and vice-presidential debates demand an in-depth discussion of the most pressing issues of the day.
The 'war on terror' has proven to be a mixed bag
Seven years on, America's war on terror is a mixed bag. The situation reflects neither the substantial fear of further assaults that existed immediately after 9/11 nor the misplaced optimism that suggested the ...
If the Jewish Left Wins, Jews and Israel Lose
During the Cold War, starting in the late 1960s, one heard little if anything from the left about the evils of Communism or of Communist societies such as the Soviet Union or Communist China.
NEWSWEEK Cover: She's One of the Folks
"Do we want leaders who are everyday folks, or do we want leaders who understand everyday folks? Therein lies an enormous difference, one that could decide the presidential election and, if McCain and Palin ...
Obama: His Ambition Has Outrun His Ability
Face it; if another candidate as inexperienced as Obama suggested that he was considering a run for the U.S. presidency, he would be laughed off the stage.
Dave Winer: John McCain is channeling Nixon now
The Republicans of 2008 tried to sell us Ronald Reagan, but switched to Teddy Roosevelt when Reagan's deregulation became the financial collapse of 2008.