Near New Year’s Eve, the urge to prognosticate is harder for a columnist to resist than a glass of champagne. For politics, I look to the…
Not long ago, many pundits agreed that the Republican nomination was Mitt Romney's to lose. Now, with one recent poll showing Gingrich up a…
This past Sunday's "60 Minutes" and the latest issue of Newsweek bring back to the fore the complicated issue of money and politics. Both…
Amidst the welter of election results from voting yesterday, two conclusions seem pretty clear:
First, an ancient rule of American…
The Performance of Politics is replete with sociological insights. Yet, potential readers may ask why do we need another book on Obama’s…
From Broadway to the Beltway, this is the Mormon moment. On stage, "The Book of Mormon: The Musical" is a wildly popular satire, and on…
Pressure is mounting on Republicans to address spreading public protests against Wall Street. How they answer could shape the political…
Mitt Romney walked into Tuesday night's Republican debate as the front-runner and, in my view, walked out in an even stronger position. But…
Book abstract: From Harvard University, one of the world’s preeminent institutions of liberal education, comes a collection of essays…