We all know the high points of elections – the zingers, the gotchas and the flat out mistakes. They’re often called “game changers,” and our
Read moreStuart Stevens, Political Strategist
It was just over a year ago that we held our national poll to decide who would lead our country for the next four years.
Read moreRetro Report’s Scott Michels: “Exxon Valdez: In the Wake of Disaster”
It was one of the worst oil spills in US history. The Exxon Valdez hit a reef off the Alaska coast in March 1989, spilling
Read moreDoris Kearns Goodwin, Author: “The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism”
A massive and growing gap between rich and poor. A middle class squeeze. Technological shifts driving changes in how people live their lives everyday. Big
Read moreRetro Report’s Karen Sughrue: “Crime and Punishment: Three Strikes and You’re Out”
It used to be simply a baseball a baseball term – Three strikes and your out. But in the early 90s, the phrase took on
Read moreMark Halperin, co-Author: “Double Down: Game Change 2012”
The U.S. presidential campaign. It’s the horse race. The often-ridiculous, never-ending, up and down, bad food and bad manners parade of candidates who travel the
Read moreLarry Sabato, Univ. of Virginia and Sabato’s Crystal Ball
For anyone trying to make sense now of the 2014 or even 2016 election cycles, good luck. For Republicans, battles around the party’s direction –
Read moreRetro Report’s JP Olsen: “Love Canal: A Legacy of Doubt”
Few words did more to raise fears of environmental disaster over a generation than “Love Canal.” The small neighborhood outside Niagara Falls became big news
Read moreJoe Scarborough, MSNBC: “The Right Path”
Almost no Republican needs reminding: The party has lost 5 of the last 6 popular Presidential votes. And now, with one Government Shutdown behind them,
Read moreMichael Beschloss, Presidential Historian: Presidents’ Second Terms
What is it about Presidential Second Terms? Just 11 months into Obama Term 2, he seems to have fallen into the same trap as many
Read moreRetro Report’s Peter Klein: “The Sleeper Cell That Wasn’t”
From secret eavesdropping to surreptitious email gathering, we all have an increased sense of how far the government seems willing to go in the war
Read moreMichael Beschloss, Presidential Historian: JFK Anniversary
It was a Golden Age of hope and danger and opportunity. A young President; a glamorous wife; a country with internal conflict and external threat,
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