Sure, Election Day 2009 will scare moderate Democrats and make passage of Obamacare more difficult. Sure, it makes it easier for resurgent Republicans to raise money and recruit candidates for 2010. But the most important effect of last week's elections is historical. It demolishes the great realignment myth of 2008. ...more

November 8, 2009

Republicans needn't trouble themselves to nominate a presidential candidate in 2012. No matter what, President Barack Obama will run against George W. Bush. Bush will be Obama's eternal foil. At this rate, when Obama writes his post-presidential memoir, it will be titled "An Audacious Presidency, or How I Saved America From That Bastard Bush." ...more

October 24, 2009

John Chase of Palm Harbor urges Congress to approve President Barack Obama's economic plan and beat up on bankers later. ...more

March 28, 2009

Let's face it, the wheels of technology are moving at an astonishing rate. And we have the choice of moving along with it or being bowled over by it. I'm an old-fashioned map-reader. I like to unfold one of those things that try the souls of men to refold properly - a woman would simply replace the unfolded one with a new map - to plan a route to get to where I want to go. Computer map programs however are rather inflexible and I seldom agree with the way they want to send me. But now there is a newer technology. ...more

February 21, 2009

The opposing points of view expressed by writers Amity Shlaes and Karl Frisch regarding the effectiveness of FDR's New Deal policies (Views, Feb. 15) resulted in a textbook conservative vs. liberal comparison on the debate of issues in 2009 American politics. ...more

February 18, 2009

"A government big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have." - Thomas Jefferson ...more

February 13, 2009

Historical Perspective I would like to point out that I am very disappointed in the lack of factual coverage of the effects of the New Deal on the American economy through the FDR presidency. ...more

February 9, 2009

"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste," sayeth Rahm. Opportunistic and cynical, yes. But also savvy political counsel that transformational presidents have always followed. ...more

February 4, 2009

"Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America," by Adam Cohen (Penguin Press, $30) ...more

February 1, 2009

Here's what we know about the Obama presidency so far. It's not 1933, we're not in the Great Depression and Barack Obama is not FDR. ...more

February 1, 2009