Obama’s Very Un-JFK Moment

If Barack Obama winds up losing the election this November, most likely a significant portion of the blame will affix to his selection of a running mate. The issue will not have much of anything to do with Senator Joe Biden’s personality or performance. It will simply...

Bob Novak Is Back

Over in Denver they may not remember it’s LBJ’s 100th birthday today, but I have the feeling one fellow in Washington hasn’t forgotten it – columnist Bob Novak, who with his late partner Rowland Evans wrote Lyndon Johnson: The Exercise Of...

John Dole Vs. Barack Dukakis?

Bob Gardner, who at a (relatively) early age is one of the Grand Old Men of San Francisco advertising, wrote a provocative oped for yesterday’s Chronicle. From a positive perspective, this is the most uplifting of elections. The Republican candidate comes from a...

No Greater Dream For America

Tomorrow night, an African-American will receive the presidential nomination of one of America’s two major parties, for the first time in this nation’s history. It will be the fulfillment of the dream of countless Americans, of all races. One or another of...

The Christian Question

In the midst of reporting about the Saddleback forum, cnn.com provided a flashback to a incident back last December involving Senator McCain and the question of his faith. This was of course when the Senator from Arizona wasn’t the “presumptive” nominee, but a...

The Sins Of The Fathers

……shouldn’t be visited on the children. Much less the grandchildren. Just because granddad’s gig was an unmitigated disaster for the entire world doesn’t mean that you’re disqualified from giving it a go in your own time....