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Barack Obama was inaugurated at the United States Capitol on January 20, 2009.
The Strong Wind at His Back
A solemn crowd gathers outside the Stock Exchange after the crash. 1929.
This Year’s Equation: 1920 + 1932 = 2008
American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932.
The Bailout: A Far Cry from Socialism
Whig cartoon showing the effects of unemployment on a family that has portraits of Democratic Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren on the wall.
The Bank Crisis Blame Game, Then and Now
McCain formally announces his candidacy for president in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 2007.
Why McCain and His Running Mate Demand Special Scrutiny
San Francisco frae the Marin Heidlands, with the Gowden Gate Brig in the foregroond.
The Real West Is an Urban West
Seal of the Vice President of the United States.
The Vice Presidency Should Not Be an Accident Waiting to Happen
Launching of the USS RALPH JOHNSON in Mississippi.
A New Cold War in the Caribbean?
Washington Receiving a Salute on the Field of Trenton by John Faed, featuring Blueskin.
Does Experience Really Help?
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin Distorts the Founders’ Religious Views
Logo of the Merida Initiative.
War on Drugs: What Won’t Work — Again
Vice President Walter Mondale speaking with President Jimmy Carter.
Why the Vice-Presidential Nominees Will Be Presidential
King Capital, caricature by the Slovenian graphic artist and illustrator Hinko Smrekar (first half of the 20th century).
Why Business Loves Laissez Faire
"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
Fidel Castro during a visit to Washington.
Why Economic Sanctions Often Fail
President Nixon signing a bill in 1972.
When Congress Failed to Stop the Vietnam War
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
J.P. Morgan
Time (Yet Again) for Preventative Regulation
President Harry Truman in 1945.
Can This Election Produce Another Hundred Days?
United States soldier distributes food aid to a Afghanistan province
Food for Peace Must Remain an American Priority
John Trumbull's portrait of Alexander Hamilton.
This Won’t Be the Last Political Sex Scandal
President Ronald Reagan sitting in the Oval Office Study in 1985.
Misremembering Reagan
Michelle Obama speaks at the 2008 Democratic National Convention
Superdelegates: An Obstacle on the Road to Democratic Elections