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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
President Reagan in February 1985.
Will the GOP Find a New Reagan?
The London meeting to discuss NATO military intervention in Libya, March 29, 2011.
Secretary Clinton — Leader or Figurehead?
Veterans Day Poster 1980.
Keeping Veterans Day Alive
Rep Joe WIlson fan club with a poster that reads, "You lie!"
Brooks to Thurmond to Wilson
Lyndon Johnson greets American troops in Vietnam 1966.
A Curtain Call for the Domino Theory?
The Warren Court (1953–1969).
Blending Empathy and Justice
Carter’s “Crisis of Confidence” Speech.
How Carter’s “Crisis of Confidence” Speech Still Matters
The four women Supreme Court Justices: Sandra Day O'Connor, Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Elena Kagan. O'Connor is not wearing a robe because she is retired from the Court.
Should Catholic Justices Recuse Themselves on Certain Cases?
Sonia Sotomayor, U.S. Supreme Court justice.
Attacks on Sotomayor Ignore Court’s History and Makeup
The Vengeance of Fulvia by Francisco Maura y Montaner, 1888 depicting Fulvia inspecting the severed head of Cicero.
Thinking of Dick Cheney as Cicero
The federal government commissioned a series of public murals from the artists it employed: William Gropper's Construction of a Dam (1939) is characteristic of much of the art of the 1930s, with workers seen in heroic poses, laboring in unison to complete a great public project.
Guess What? The New Deal Worked!
Laura Bush May 18, 2008.
The Legacy of a Lady
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?
Drawing/wood engraving of the state capitol of Illinois at Springfield.
Can Illinois Again Lead by (Bad) Example?
President Barack Obama signed the ARRA into law on February 17, 2009. Vice President Joe Biden stood directly behind him.
A New New Deal Must Be For All
President Barack Obama (painting) by Kehinde Wiley.
Who Can Write Obama’s History?
General George Washington Resigning his Commission.
Diplomatic Advisers: Washington, Kennan, FDR
Republican Party Logo.
Republicans Should Look Back to the Future
Mikhail Bakunin speaking to members of the International Workingmen's Association at the Basel Congress in 1869.
Back When a Socialist Was a Socialist
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
The Palins and McCains in Fairfax, Virginia, September 2008.
Why the Sarah Palin Gamble Didn’t Pay Off
Barack Obama was inaugurated at the United States Capitol on January 20, 2009.
The Strong Wind at His Back