Media Bias Has Been A Favorite Theme

Maybe That First, Gigantic Deficit The Reaganites Piled Up Was An Accident, Just A Combination Of Deluded 'supply Side' Tax Cuts And A Huge Bag Of Good Stuff For The Pentagon. But Pretty Quickly Conservatives Discovered That Deficits, When Done Correctly, Did Something Really Cool: Deficits Defunded The Left.

A Lot Of Populists After Populism Died Just Became Socialists. At The Beginning Of The 20th Century, Socialism Looked Like It Was Going To Take Off. It Didn't, Of Course, But A Lot Of People Thought It Was Going To.

Journalism Has A Special, Hallowed Place For Stories Of Its Practitioners' Persecution.

Joe Klein Is The Flower Of American Political Journalism, A Sharp Raconteur Who Shows Traces Of The Gonzo Style That Was In Vogue When He Was Honing His Craft At Rolling Stone Back In The Day.

Presidential Legacies Are Valuable Things, Too Valuable To Be Left Up To Historians.