My latest column that run Friday, October 5, 2018 in the Lewiston (Idaho) Tribune. ———- Most Americans today won’t recognize his name....

Director Steven Spielberg’s latest offering – Bridge of Spies – works on several levels as his best films tend to. In fact, it may be one...

There was bipartisan understanding that when the Iranians indicated a readiness to talk the U.S. would lead the negotiations to test...

The Movie… If you haven’t seen the Oscar-nominated film Selma you should. While mostly snubbed by those who Like all films that set out...

Dallek titled one of his volumes on Johnson – Flawed Giant. That, I suspect, will be the ultimate verdict of history. A big, passionate...

Tom Wicker was a southern liberal, born and educated in North Carolina and passionate about civil rights and civil liberties. He also...

Put a man on the moon in the decade of the 1960’s and return him safely to Earth – no problem. Create a Peace Corps and send idealistic...

Anyone alive then – I was ten years old – holds their own searing memories of that fateful Friday in November and the awful days that...

The great theme in all the coverage leading up to the actual anniversary of the March and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s remarkable “I...

Having already conceded that passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act would cause his Democratic Party to lose the south for a generation – a...

As Sarah Kliff wrote recently in the Washington Post “nobody knew whether the new program would provide benefits to millions or fail...

On the very day the GOP issued a highly critical 100-page report on its performance during the 2012 election and what it might do to get...

For sure Ryan brings youth, partisan excitement, strong conservative credentials and a certain policy wonk attractiveness to the GOP...

allegedly involving sex and an animal – against a political opponent. His staff pushed back arguing that the allegation was untrue, but...

There is a fascinating piece planned for publication Sunday, and already online, in The New York Times on legendary Lyndon Johnson...

The steady re-examination and reinterpretation of our 36th president is one of the most interesting developments in the shifting world of...

The abbreviated presidency and unfinished life of John Fitzgerald Kennedy is, 48 years after his murder in Dallas, one enduring subject...

John Kennedy’s best biographer made a startling revelation recently that was both ominous and eerie and says a good deal about Kennedy’s...

Boston has had 50 inches of snow this winter. Do you think Red Sox fans are anxious for spring? I’m still nursing the hurt over the...

The Kennedy Presidential Library has launched a fabulous new website – http://www.jfk50.org/ – to mark the 50th anniversary of the...