For more than twenty years, the word “liberal” seemed to have disappeared from the political world. But President Obama’s speech appears to have revived it—even though the word did not appear in his inaugural address. READ MORE >>
On Newsweek's Historical Legacy
Obama Finally Flashes Some Charm
Alan Brinkley is the provost and a professor of history at Columbia University, as well as a National Book Award-winning author. READ MORE >>
Alan Brinkley On Last Night's Debate
Alan Brinkley is the provost and a professor of history at Columbia University, as well as a National Book Award-winning author. I doubt the first debate will make a decisive difference. There were no "There you go again" moments and no terrible blunders. Both candidates stuck to their talking points, and there was nothing very new about the debate other than the opportunity to contrast the two men more vividly than has been possible before. READ MORE >>
The Gop Wages A Two Front War
Alan Brinkley--who is the provost and a professor of history at Columbia University, as well as a National Book Award-winning author--will be writing for us throughout the Republican convention. READ MORE >>
Does Mccain Need Independent And Moderate Voters?
Alan Brinkley--who is the provost and a professor of history at Columbia University, as well as a National Book Award-winning author--will be writing for us throughout the Republican convention. READ MORE >>
A Connection Made?
Alan Brinkley--who is the provost and a professor of history at Columbia University, as well as a National Book Award-winning author--will be writing for us throughout the Republican convention. READ MORE >>
What Is Mccain's Strategy?
Alan Brinkley--who is the provost and a professor of history at Columbia University, as well as a National Book Award-winning author--will be writing for us throughout the Republican convention. READ MORE >>
The End of an Elite
The Guardians: Kingman Brewster, His Circle, and the Rise of the Liberal Establishment By Geoffrey Kabaservice (Henry Holt, 573 pp., $30) READ MORE >>
Balance in the Earth
But Is It True? A Citizen's Guide to Environmental Health and Safety Issues by Aaron Wildavsky (Harvard University Press, 574 pp., $35) A Moment on the Earth: The Coming Age of Environmental Optimism by Gregg Easterbrook (Viking, 745 pp., $27.95) The New Ecological Order by Luc Ferry translated by Carol Volk (University of Chicago Press, 190 pp., $34.95) READ MORE >>
