The Economist recently noted, that among other things, the midterm 2010 elections "will also reveal more about this opaque President..." Barak Obama's lack of transparency wasn't preordained. During the campaign, the media simply elected not to report relevant facts about his circle of advisers, or his past. Let me explain why this is significant. ...more

December 6, 2009

"The Woman Behind the New Deal," by Kirstin Downey (Doubleday, $35) ...more

March 15, 2009

except that his supporters started the Abraham Lincoln story even before he won the election. He went so far with this myth as to use the Lincoln Bible for the swearing-in ceremony. ...more

March 6, 2009

It's probably a good thing that cable news generally doesn't draw much of an audience from the 18- to 24-year-old demographic. Otherwise, history professors across the nation could very well be witnessing the undoing of their work to educate students about the dire economic climate the United States faced for much of the 1930s. ...more

February 15, 2009

Is the president prepared to nationalize the nation's banking system? ...more

January 31, 2009

The New York Times recently reported that "the Obama Administration and Democratic leaders in Congress are already dancing around one of the most politically delicate questions" of our day. ...more

January 31, 2009

While Barack Obama puts the finishing touches on his presidential cabinet, a 9-year-old South Tampa boy is busy filling his cabinet with presidential memorabilia. Third grader Houston Britain is a presidential history buff. In a corner of his family's Hyde Park dining room, a cherry curio no taller than Houston himself is loaded with stuffed JFK dolls, miniature Ronald Reagans, and even a bobble-headed Barack Obama. ...more

January 19, 2009

Barack Obama said he's as hopeful as ever about the future of the U.S. as thousands of Americans converged on Washington's Lincoln Memorial for a free concert to celebrate his inauguration as the first black president. ...more

January 18, 2009

Barack Obama won't be sworn in until next week as the 44th president of the United States, but the list of people naming babies after him is already growing. ...more

January 12, 2009

Barack Obama won't be sworn in until Jan. 20 as the 44th president of the United States, but the list of people naming babies after him is already growing. ...more

January 9, 2009