Before Richard Ben Cramer, the campaign political book genre was dominated by the great Theodore White and his remarkable Making of the...

In a year of generally lackluster output from Hollywood, there comes at the end of the year a truly exceptional film from – England. With...

Fresh from re-election a month earlier to an unprecedented third term, Roosevelt used one of his tremendously effective “fireside chats”...

Looking for something to be thankful for this holiday season? Lift a glass to the memory of the 26th President of the United States. He...

I remember that one uncle, one of my mother’s brothers, always seemed to have the latest gadget or the newest must have thing. When...

I remember years ago interviewing then-Idaho Public Utilities Commissioner Perry Swisher, a smart, opinionated and cantankerous former...

Immediately after the mid-term “shellacking” of Barack Obama and his party, New York Times White House correspondent Peter Baker...

I’m going to admit my obvious bias right up front: I love trains. I love travel by train. I collect visits to train stations. I am...

At least three times in the last sixty-plus years Wisconsin voters have sent packing a respected national politician with a record of...

I told myself, what with the winter blahs and all, that I was done with misty eyed reminiscences about old ballplayers, at least until...

The Fourth in a Series… Democrat James Pinckey Pope served only one term in the United State Senate from 1933 to 1939, but left his mark...

Considering the strum und drang of many Democrats reacting to President Obama’s “deal” with congressional Republicans to extend the...

Every woman – and let’s face it the vast majority of political spouses are women – has to make it up every day. Like a circus high wire...

I once held the best job I can think of in government. For five years, I was the press secretary to a candidate for governor who then...

The 60’ish woman across the table instantly became animated. “Unbroken,” she said, referring to Laura Hillenbrand’s new and widely...

Chalmers Johnson, who died recently at age 79 in California, may be among the most influential foreign policy thinkers since George...

It is well to remember that as troubled as our economy is at this traditional season of Thanksgiving, there have been darker times....

The Lonely Planet guidebook recent published a Top 10 list of the world’s greatest bookstores. (I’m happy to say I’ve browsed in three of...

There was much appropriate notice the last few days of the 90th birthday of Stan “The Man” Musial, the great outfielder for the St. Louis...

The Constitution of the United States of America says in Article I, Section 9: “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in...