Former aide blames Bush for leak deceit

"In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, McClellan recounts the 2003 news conference in which he told reporters that aides Karl Rove and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby were "not involved" in the leak involving operative Valerie Plame. "There was one problem. It was not true,"...

Presidential candidates raise big cash fast — but from whom? And why?

"A magician who seeks to retain the illusion for the audience uses sleight of hand and misdirection. In the modern political era beginning in earnest with the 1994 mid-term elections, a Republican majority in Congress mastered that art using the textbooks authored by Newt...

Is Barack Obama too likable to be President?

"...Bush and Obama are two very different kinds of likable. Bush's likability is typically described as "the guy you can have a beer with," even though this guy was born into the privileged elite of one of Connecticut's richest families and basically spent...

Rollo Tomasi and the Age of Empire

"...These past seven years have been a watershed in teaching Americans what much of the world has known for many years--that rulers, more often than not, simply Do Not Care What You Think. They will punish their enemies, reward their friends, enjoy the privileges of power,...