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Gavrilo Princip with Archduke Ferdinand and Sophie in background
Gavrilo Princip and the Beginning of World War I
Senator Joseph McCarthy questioning attorney Joseph Welch during Congress’s Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954.
Media and Politics
Bastille Prison
Storming the Bastille (July 14, 1789)
Hillary Clinton
Representations of Women in Politics in Modern Media
marijuana label - orgo blackberry 3.7 g For medical use only
Government Smackdown: Federalism
George W. Bush
Moral Issues in Elections
Communards with flags
The Socialist Legacy in France
President Obama presents Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, January 12, 2017.
How the Vice President Can Serve as the President’s Most Unbiased Adviser
Image of President Carter displayed in the National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC. Portrait by Robert Templeton.
Obama Can Learn from Jimmy Carter, Too
Image of Jimmy Carter during his ‘Malaise’ Speech.
Should Obama Deliver Another ‘Malaise’ Speech?
President Barack Obama (painting) by Kehinde Wiley.
Who Can Write Obama’s History?
photo of FDR.
Picking Up Where FDR Left Off
Republican Party Logo.
Republicans Should Look Back to the Future
2011 protest in New Jersey by Garden State Equality in support of same-sex marriage and against deportation of LGBT spouses.
Voting Away Others’ Rights
McCain formally announces his candidacy for president in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 2007.
Why McCain and His Running Mate Demand Special Scrutiny
Seal of the Vice President of the United States.
The Vice Presidency Should Not Be an Accident Waiting to Happen
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin Distorts the Founders’ Religious Views
The Winter Olympic Torch at Salt Lake City, 2002.
Playing Politics: Olympic Controversies Past and Present
Vice President Walter Mondale speaking with President Jimmy Carter.
Why the Vice-Presidential Nominees Will Be Presidential
"The Bosses of the Senate" (1889). Reformers like the cartoonist Joseph Keppler depicted the Senate as controlled by the giant moneybags, who represented the nation's financial trusts and monopolies.
The Dreary Science Meets Politics
The 1999 impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, Chief Justice William Rehnquist presiding
How Presidential Power Became Untouchable
First edition dust jacket cover of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson's 1973 book Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72. The book conveys Thompson's experience covering the 1972 US presidential election, particularly the (ultimately unsuccessful) campaign of Democratic nominee George McGovern.
Democrats Must Beware the Curse of 1972
President Harry Truman in 1945.
Can This Election Produce Another Hundred Days?
Russian President (soon to be Prime Minister) Vladimir Putin
After Putin? Russia's Presidential Elections