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This article examines the influence of the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt from 1901-1909 on contemporary American presidents and politicians. Topics include Roosevelt's ideology and temperament, and how he has become a symbol of presidential leadership.

More often than not, the great metamorphoses in American life creep up on us. The drive for civil rights, for instance, evolved over a nearly 15-year period in the 1950s [...]

There is a great need for developing and building infrastructure and also providing additional spending for infrastructural development and repair in the U.S. The main reason is that both U.S. presidential nominees Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama are both using infrastructure development as an election campaign issue.

The shortcomings of the different candidates in the fight for the ensuing Presidential polls are exposed besides examining the personality and popularity aspect on chances of winning.

Tommy Boggs, the son of a Congressman, rose to become one of the most powerful lobbyists in Washington D.C. An excerpt from the book, 'The Washington Century: Three Families and the Shaping of the NationEs Capital' is presented, tracing BoggsE life and career is traced from his youth to his financial and political success with the law firm Patton Boggs.

ANTIWAR ICONS OF THE PAST, AND THEIR MODERN-DAY DESCENDANTS, TALKABOUT THE DYNAMICS OF DISSENT. Nobody threw rocks, or fruit, or even harsh words at the estimated 7,000 protesters as they [...]

Argues that high schools should downsize in order to make them more intimate, less dangerous, and more effective. Argues that smaller classes, not smaller schools, are the answer to greater student achievement. Explains why urban schools, the schools that research shows would benefit the most from downsizing, will have problems doing so. (GR)

Byline: Burt Solomon War is hell, but it can also be useful as hell. Even if that isn't always obvious at the time. Ponder, for a moment, the War of [...]

UNSPEAKABLE CALAMITIES NEEDN'T PRODUCE ONLY DISORDER AND NATIONAL PATHOS. GOOD CAN COME OF THEM, TOO. Norman, Okla., is half a continent away from New York City or Washington. Still, Larry […]

LAWMAKERS ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO CHANGE THE WORLD. BUT NO MATTER HOW EARNEST OR WELL-MEANING, THEY OFTEN END UP DOING SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY INTENDED. Would this damn […]

EVEN WITH NEW LEADERS IN POWER, THE PUBLIC ISN'T DEMANDING THAT WASHINGTON DO VERY MUCH. BUT LOW EXPECTATIONS SHOULD MAKE POLITICIANS QUEASY. DOING NOTHING IS DANGEROUS, ESPECIALLY IF THE ECONOMY […]

WHETHER INTENTIONAL OR NOT, THE SYMBOLISM OF INAUGURATION DAY HAS OFTEN FORESHADOWED THE NEXT FOR YEARS. Rumors swept through the capital that the Democratic nominee, who had been so narrowly […]

IN EVERY POLITICAL ARENA--THE WHITE HOUSE, CAPITOL HILL, THE STATEHOUSES--THE COUNTRY'S ALLEGIANCES ARE SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE. DEMOGRAPHY AND THE MELTING POT ARE SPREADING OUR DIVISIONS NATIONWIDE. Jim Pierce is […]

FOR THE FRAMERS, THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE WAS ABOUT BALANCE--BETWEEN REGIONS AND BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT. One late-summer morning in 1787, in sweltering Philadelphia, John Dickinson of Delaware strode tardily into the […]

BEYOND THE BITTERNESS OF FLORIDA MAY AWAIT MORE UNPLEASANTNESS IN WASHINGTON. BUT DON'T BET ON IT. BOTH MEN HAVE A CHANCE, HOWEVER SMALL, TO GET A FEW THINGS DONE. It […]

ON ELECTION EVE IN THE BELLWETHER TOWN OF LIBERTY, MO., THE EMOTIONS ARE UNEXCEPTIONAL, THE ISSUES UNREMARKABLE, THE CANDIDATES UNSATISFYING. AND THE FUTRE LOOKS A LITTLE SCARY. LIBERTY, Mo.--"It makes […]

AS IT TURNS OUT, BOTH AL GORE AND GEORGE W. BUSH BELIEVE THAT GOVERNMENT CAN BE A DO-GOODER. BUT SO, TOO, CAN MARKETS. IN THIS YEAR'S 'VISION THING,' THE TEXAN […]

They were in time trouble Monday night even before the women Senators came on. But then it got worse. Blanche Lambert Lincoln of Arkansas kept talking and talking about Social […]

One of the Democrats' political tasks at its convention in polyglot Los Angeles is to appeal to the electorate in all of its diversified glory. And they might have just […]

During the Republican convention in Philadelphia, National Journal published remembrances of the past 10 Republican conventions. Three of them are reprinted on the following pages. The Cow Palace in San […]