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Articles
1-100 out of 100 article(s)
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Author |
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Date |
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| The geekdom of crowds: the Obama administration experiments with data-driven democracy. |
Homans, Charles |
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Jul 1, 2009 |
3722 |
| "To be shot at by the whites and dodged by the negroes": Lyndon Johnson and the Texas NYA. |
Lerner, Mitchell |
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Jun 1, 2009 |
17397 |
| Monsters from outer space, disguised as a cloud of carbon emissions, creep ever closer to the earth while we carry on as usual. |
Hornsby, Adrian |
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May 1, 2009 |
592 |
| What we can learn from the world's first viral president: president Obama's road to the White House involved, for the first time in history, the use of online and viral technology, and has rewritten the rules on political campaigning. So what can environmental activists learn from its success? |
Norman, James |
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Apr 1, 2009 |
634 |
| Planet Obama: global euphoria is better than the disrepute of the Bush years, but so far our new president's appeal is entirely symbolic. |
Dalrymple, Theodore |
Cover story |
Dec 1, 2008 |
2396 |
| Barack's hope, Bush's horror: the audacity of Barack Obama's hope is tempered by the limitations imposed on him by the economic profligacy left behind by George W. Bush. But the fact that Obama is not going to fulfill the unrealistic expectations of anyone is no reason why we should not rejoice at his spectacular victory, argues Cameron Duodu. |
Duodu, Cameron |
Essay |
Dec 1, 2008 |
2715 |
| Conservatives follow the leader. |
Rockwell, Llewellyn H., Jr. |
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Nov 17, 2008 |
1448 |
| When elephants forget. |
Buchanan, Patrick J. |
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Nov 17, 2008 |
777 |
| Hardly: the democratic nominee is latter-day Lincoln. |
Guelzo, Allen |
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Sep 29, 2008 |
1354 |
| The incredible shrinking president: after losing both houses of Congress in the 1994 election, Bill Clinton expostulated: the president of the United States is not irrelevant. |
Buchanan, Patrick J. |
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Jun 16, 2008 |
788 |
| Diplomatic games: the Olympics proved to be a poor political lever, but now President Bush is boxed. |
Gvosdev, Nikolas |
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Jun 2, 2008 |
2512 |
| Wash stand. |
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Brief article |
Nov 23, 2007 |
181 |
| A question of competence: George W. Bush has failed in some basics. |
Lowry, Richard |
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Apr 2, 2007 |
2630 |
| Immigration endgame: a high price to pay for the president's legacy. |
O'Sullivan, John |
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Mar 19, 2007 |
1175 |
| The contemporary presidency: the greats and the great debate: President William J. Clinton's use of presidential exemplars. |
Brown, Lara M. |
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Mar 1, 2007 |
7061 |
| Will neo-cons get real? |
Bresler, Robert J. |
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Jan 1, 2007 |
1034 |
| Featuring the president as free trader: television news coverage of U.S. trade politics. |
Rankin, David M. |
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Dec 1, 2006 |
13915 |
| The contemporary presidency: "going local" to reform Social Security. |
Eshbaugh-Soha, Matthew; Peake, Jeffrey S. |
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Dec 1, 2006 |
7329 |
| Where Clinton beats W. |
Hassett, Kevin A. |
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Nov 6, 2006 |
390 |
| Reviewer points to sordid side of LBJ. |
McManus, John F. |
Brief article |
Oct 16, 2006 |
45 |
| Ideological warfare? |
Buckley, William F., Jr. |
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Oct 9, 2006 |
639 |
| Is victory possible? |
Buckley, William F., Jr. |
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Oct 9, 2006 |
745 |
| Off the record. |
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Oct 1, 2006 |
383 |
| Presidential visits and midterm Senate elections. |
Sellers, Patrick J.; Denton, Laura M. |
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Sep 1, 2006 |
10781 |
| Exorcising scandal in the White House: presidential polling in times of crisis. |
Rottinghaus, Brandon; Bereznikova, Zlata |
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Sep 1, 2006 |
6714 |
| The contemporary presidency: the Decline and Resurgence and Decline (and resurgence?) of Congress: charting a new imperial presidency. |
Rudalevige, Andrew |
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Sep 1, 2006 |
9939 |
| The polls: the coalitional president from a public opinion perspective. |
Cohen, Jeffrey E. |
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Sep 1, 2006 |
4664 |
| How now, cowboy? The uses and abuses of a national icon. |
Hanson, Victor Davis |
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Aug 7, 2006 |
1499 |
| The president says it again. |
Buckley, William F., Jr. |
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Jul 3, 2006 |
640 |
| A stepping stone to the presidency. |
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Jul 1, 2006 |
294 |
| The conventional wisdom was that President Bush wouldn't be able to get someone of stature to take the post of Treasury secretary whenever John Snow's much-rumored departure finally happened. |
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Brief article |
Jun 19, 2006 |
169 |
| Bush's bloat. |
Ehrenreich, Barbara |
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Jun 1, 2006 |
927 |
| Hawks for dissent: a pro-Iraq war ex-soldier defends the generals who took on Rumsfeld. |
Peters, Ralph |
Column |
Jun 1, 2006 |
2503 |
| The fireside chat that Roosevelt threw away: in a time of national crisis, FDR's advisors urged him to assume dictatorial powers. He knew better. |
Alter, Jonathan |
Column |
Jun 1, 2006 |
3768 |
| Jimmy Carter has charged President Bush with many shortcomings and crimes, but he recently came up with a new one--new to us, at least. |
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Brief article |
Apr 24, 2006 |
177 |
| 'Isolationism!' They cried: mainstream journalists misunderstand conservatives (big surprise). |
Goldberg, Jonah |
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Apr 10, 2006 |
2253 |
| Bush & India. |
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Editorial |
Apr 7, 2006 |
789 |
| "Too many bills passed by Congress include unnecessary spending," complained President Bush on March 6--raising, once again, the question of why he has not vetoed one of them in five years as president. |
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Brief article |
Mar 27, 2006 |
157 |
| The contemporary presidency: the sixth year curse. |
Shogan, Colleen J. |
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Mar 1, 2006 |
5438 |
| BushCare: the answer to ClintonCare, and a very good one. |
Goodman, John C. |
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Feb 27, 2006 |
1174 |
| Changing the face of history: Grace Bedell's letter to Abraham Lincoln had a big effect on him and the United States! |
Burton, Sonya Nichols |
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Feb 1, 2006 |
808 |
| The revolutionary conservatism of Jefferson's small republics. |
Versluis, Arthur J. |
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Jan 1, 2006 |
4182 |
| Reagan the poverty-slayer. |
Hassett, Kevin A. |
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Dec 31, 2005 |
520 |
| Jimmy Carter must be our most pompous president ever. |
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Brief Article |
Dec 19, 2005 |
184 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower was a decent president--not the best, not the worst. |
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Brief Article |
Dec 19, 2005 |
140 |
| Barbra Streisand, a lounge singer popular around 1970, has called for the impeachment of George W. Bush and an unspecified number of his colleagues. |
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Brief article |
Dec 5, 2005 |
133 |
| The case against the case against political appointees. |
Peters, Charles |
Brief Article |
Dec 1, 2005 |
348 |
| Accidental presidents: death, assassination, resignation, and democratic succession. |
Abbott, Philip |
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Dec 1, 2005 |
9886 |
| Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, and the emergence of the president as party leader. |
Klinghard, Daniel P. |
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Dec 1, 2005 |
13014 |
| Scowcroft mentioned that he never saw the point of Ronald Reagan's calling the Soviet Union an "evil empire.". |
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Brief article |
Nov 21, 2005 |
170 |
| Surely the most unfortunate thing President Bush has said since the disaster of Hurricane Katrina is the now-famous compliment directed to then--Federal Emergency Management Agency chief Michael Brown: "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job.". |
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Brief article |
Oct 10, 2005 |
195 |
| Recovery. |
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Oct 10, 2005 |
499 |
| The president and international commitments: treaties as signaling devices. |
Martin, Lisa L. |
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Sep 1, 2005 |
12575 |
| Staffing alone: unilateral action and the politicization of the Executive Office of the President, 1988-2004. |
Lewis, David E. |
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Sep 1, 2005 |
8460 |
| Presidential decision making: rationality, advisory systems, and personality. |
Pfiffner, James P. |
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Jun 1, 2005 |
5862 |
| The structure of leadership: presidents, hierarchies, and information flow. |
Rudalevige, Andrew |
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Jun 1, 2005 |
13357 |
| Going public as a legislative weapon: measuring presidential appeals regarding specific legislation. |
Barrett, Andrew W. |
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Mar 1, 2005 |
5074 |
| Building public support from the grassroots up: the impact of presidential travel on state-level approval. |
Cohen, Jeffrey E.; Powell, Richard J. |
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Mar 1, 2005 |
7960 |
| Scandal, elites, and presidential popularity: considering the importance of cues in public support of the president. |
Woessner, Matthew C. |
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Mar 1, 2005 |
9727 |
| Source material: presidential press conferences: the importance and evolution of an enduring forum. |
Kumar, Martha Joynt |
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Mar 1, 2005 |
15132 |
| Freedom's address. |
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Feb 14, 2005 |
1229 |
| A certain trumpet: Bush's second inaugural speech--and its critics. |
Ponnuru, Ramesh |
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Feb 14, 2005 |
1705 |
| Ready or not: dangers of the second Bush term. |
Frum, David |
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Feb 14, 2005 |
1051 |
| Bush administration betrays Iraq war POWs. |
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Brief Article |
Dec 13, 2004 |
294 |
| The Carter Doctrine goes global. |
Klare, Michael T. |
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Dec 1, 2004 |
2791 |
| The president as reformer: when do presidents initiate administrative reform through legislation? |
Robinson, Scott E. |
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Dec 1, 2004 |
4751 |
| Unearthing skull and bones. |
McManus, John F. |
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Nov 15, 2004 |
396 |
| Other choices for President: though they don't get many headlines, alternative presidential candidates to Bush and Kerry are on the ballot. |
Eddlem, Thomas R. |
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Nov 1, 2004 |
1565 |
| Missing the point. |
Peters, Charles |
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Nov 1, 2004 |
424 |
| Campaign 2004: are guile & force enough? |
McWilliams, Wilson Carey |
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Oct 8, 2004 |
1321 |
| Right, left & none of the above: three voters make up their minds. |
Griffiths, Paul J. |
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Oct 8, 2004 |
3804 |
| Bush's tax hike. |
Peters, Charles |
Brief Article |
Oct 1, 2004 |
179 |
| Right axis, wrong evil. |
Dowd, Maureen |
Brief Article |
Sep 20, 2004 |
148 |
| Presidential rhetoric and economic leadership. |
Wood, B. Dan |
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Sep 1, 2004 |
16794 |
| Presidential rhetoric and the power of definition. |
Zarefsky, David |
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Sep 1, 2004 |
6519 |
| The contemporary presidency: the presidency and image management: discipline in pursuit of illusion. |
Mayer, Jeremy D. |
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Sep 1, 2004 |
5924 |
| Source material: new presidents and network news: covering the first year in office of Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush. |
Farnsworth, Stephen J.; Lichter, S. Robert |
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Sep 1, 2004 |
7738 |
| Fightin' words: liberals rediscover their moral backbone. |
Sullivan, Amy |
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Sep 1, 2004 |
922 |
| Fix the prescriptions. |
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Aug 1, 2004 |
1397 |
| Bush's dishonor. |
Rothschild, Matthew |
Editorial |
Jul 1, 2004 |
590 |
| Terror, evil, and the new Cold War. |
Buell, John |
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Jul 1, 2004 |
2756 |
| A third Ferrari, Muffy? |
Peters, Charles |
Brief Article |
Jul 1, 2004 |
75 |
| Slogging ahead. |
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Jun 14, 2004 |
750 |
| The law: must the Senate take a floor vote on a presidential judicial nominee? |
Sollenberger, Mitchel A. |
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Jun 1, 2004 |
8846 |
| The Bonus March: Herbert Hoover's view. |
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Jun 1, 2004 |
1562 |
| AFGHANISTAN - Mar 28 - Afghan Elections In September. |
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Brief Article |
Apr 12, 2004 |
163 |
| Grading Bush's economic team: the bad news: they've got few new ideas and fear too much being slapped down (the "Lindsey factor"). The good news: Josh Bolten is positioned to emerge and Snow's been an improvement. |
Barnes, Fred |
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Mar 22, 2004 |
2137 |
| President Bush, speaking at the Republican Governors Association, showed some of the feistiness that his well-wishers have been yearning to see. |
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Brief Article |
Mar 22, 2004 |
131 |
| Bush Gears up for November: his father disliked 'the vision thing,' but this President Bush is counting on big ideas to win re-election. |
Bumiller, Elisabeth |
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Feb 23, 2004 |
1097 |
| Ready for battle. |
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Feb 9, 2004 |
614 |
| What's the difference? |
Rothschild, Matthew |
Editorial |
Feb 1, 2004 |
579 |
| On a lighter side with Andy Rooney. |
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Jan 1, 2004 |
638 |
| Shine the light of liberty in Russia as well. |
McFaul, Michael |
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Dec 8, 2003 |
573 |
| An American moment. |
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Brief Article |
Oct 1, 2003 |
41 |
| Source material: the White House and the press: news organizations as a presidential resource and as a source of pressure. |
Kumar, Martha Joynt |
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Sep 1, 2003 |
6046 |
| Affirmative Action Forever?: The elites have now enshrined race preferences; but will the public sit still? |
O'Sullivan, John |
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Jul 28, 2003 |
2210 |
| From Bad to Worse: Affirmative action and prescription drugs, and what they have to do with each other. |
McGinnis, John O. |
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Jul 28, 2003 |
1406 |
| Presidential success in communicating with the public through televised addresses. |
Welch, Reed L. |
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Jun 1, 2003 |
9011 |
| The contemporary presidency: communications operations in the White House of President George W. Bush: making news on his terms. (Features). |
Kumar, Martha Joynt |
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Jun 1, 2003 |
14427 |
| Bush administration tries to push Reich as opponents seem to gain upper hand. |
Radelat, Ana |
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Nov 1, 2001 |
553 |
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