Topic: Adlai Stevenson

Opinion: Can Paul Ryan educate voters about Medicare reform?

Paul Ryan and his Republican supporters see the presidential election as a chance to educate voters about Medicare reform. Some claim that campaigns are not for educating, but for winning. That's only partially true. Campaigns still have great teaching value.

Tax VOX Resurrecting the Ryan budget

While the Romney camp is sure to argue their candidate's fiscal policy is of his own making, his new running mate Paul Ryan’s more comprehensive and controversial plans will likely be a major campaign issue.

Opinion: This Memorial Day, supporting veterans is a matter of national security

This Memorial Day, Americans should realize that supporting veterans with jobs and education isn't just about repaying our debt to them. The care of veterans and their families is also a national security imperative if the US is to maintain an effective all-volunteer force.

Why the GOP loves to hate the Democrats' Buffett rule

For Republicans, the danger in disavowing the so-called Buffett rule, a tax hike on millionaires, is that Democrats can paint them as the party that protects the rich. But they believe they can prevail with voters by fighting it. Here's why.

'The Presidents' Club': 10 stories about relationships between American presidents

From Truman to Obama, 10 stories of friendships and feuds between US presidents.

The Vote Why Mitt Romney is likely to get to Republican Party convention a winner

Rick Santorum needs to pull an upset in Illinois – an unlikely prospect given latest polls – and win in other winner-take-all primaries to push Mitt Romney to a brokered Republican Party convention.

Maggie vs. Gorby: the scene that ‘The Iron Lady’ forgot

The scripted and unscripted confrontations between Margaret Thatcher and Mikhail Gorbachev were of such epic consequence they could not be condensed into film. Yet we do Britain’s first female prime minister a great disservice in omitting them.

The Vote Will GOP step in to prevent a Newt Gingrich nomination?

Newt Gingrich is surging. Mitt Romney, though, is still considered the front-runner. A drawn-out race means a growing possibility of a brokered convention, where party elites choose the nominee.

Almost President

Why some of the candidates who lost the race for president ultimately had a bigger impact than many of those who won.

James Garner's not afraid to dish in 'The Garner Files'

James Garner offers straight talk about fellow actors like Steve McQueen and Charles Bronson, in addition to revelations about his own drug use and his hardscrabble childhood.

Jackie Kennedy had her own thoughts about US and world leaders

Jackie Kennedy was interviewed by historian Arthur Schlesinger in the year after her husband's assassination. A book due out Wednesday details Jackie Kennedy's impressions about important people of the era.

Jackie Kennedy interviews are full of surprises

Will Rick Perry join the presidential race?

Supporters are urging Texas Gov. Rick Perry to seek the GOP nomination for the 2012 presidential race. He's fueled speculation by making high-profile appearances around the country.

Eisenhower 1956

Current headlines about Egypt make this account of Eisenhower’s handling of the 1965 Suez Canal crisis particularly compelling.

A Daley for a White House job? Critics lash out at 'Chicago Machine.'

Word that William Daley is Obama's top choice for chief of staff, to replace fellow Chicagoan Rahm Emanuel, have fed the line that the 'Chicago Machine' is taking over Washington.

Leash law for cats? Vermont law raises feline firestorm.

Leash law for cats: In Vermont, a clause in a city law to restrict roaming felines has gotten cat fanciers' dander up.

Opinion: Obama-Biden, McCain-Palin, and the experience question

Truman and Reagan showed that character and common sense matter more than a good résumé.

How the candidates' speaking styles play

McCain is unscripted. Obama is soaring. In these times, both styles have their advantages.

How the candidates' speaking styles play

McCain is unscripted. Obama is soaring. In these times, both styles have their advantages.

Opinion: Freedom is self-correcting

It is our right to freedom that has enabled the US to achieve so much.

Clinton-Obama: perils of a long Democratic battle

A duel that goes for months weakens the winner. Right?