The War On Terrorism Was A Bait

Americans Have Always Evinced Some Distrust Of Government, But The Current Situation Has Exacerbated This To A Degree That May Be Unprecedented.

While History Never Repeats Itself, Political Patterns Do.

To Own The Dominant, Or Only, Newspaper In A Mid-sized American City Was, For Many Decades, A Kind Of License To Print Money. In The Internet Age, However, No One Has Figured Out How To Rescue The Newspaper In The United States Or Abroad.

One Of The Many, Many Salutary Aspects Of Barack Obama's Impending Presidential Nomination Is The Sea Change His Victory Marks In The Battle For The Mind-set Of The American Foreign Policy Establishment.

Ever Since Richard Nixon Walloped George Mcgovern In The Presidential Election Of 1972, Political Pundits Have Treated As A Truism The Proposition That Liberals Are Out Of Step With The Rest Of The Nation, And Therefore All But Unelectable Outside The Precincts Of The Northeast -- Give Or Take A College Town Here Or A Ski Resort There. During The Course Of Every Presidential Election For The Past Forty Years Now, Republicans Have Sought To Wield The Word Liberal As If It Were A Six-gauge Shotgun.