Gerald Ford

After the tragic events in Arizona last weekend, would it be too much to expect a broadcaster to ditch her usual introduction, the one that hypes her as, "The most heavily-armed talk show host in South Florida?" In the case......

On Day 4 of my Stan Verrett watch, it was interesting that WatchDog's favorite SportsCenter anchor used several old-school references - this from a guy who worried over the weekend that I was too un-hip demographically to get some of......

by David Nitkin and Jill Rosen Reaction to the tell-all book of former White House press secretary Scott McClellan continues, and it's not just those inside President Bush's circle who are critiquing the effort and the political culture that produces........

by Mark Silva In their age, experience, race, faith in the power of government and views of a complex world, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain offer American voters one of the sharpest contrasts in candidates for the presidency in......

by Mark Silva What does Henry Kissinger say to the idea that John McCain could be too old to be president? "Well, in my eyes, he's a youngster,'' Kissinger says. "And I support him because I want to encourage the......

by Katie Fretland The other day, Barack Obama delivered a check to former opponent Hillary Clinton for debt relief. If they both signed the check, Obama writes it out and Clinton endorses it, then how much would the check be......

Sen. Jesse Helms high-fives Johnathan Prevette, 6, of Lexington, N.C., during pre-race activities at Charlotte Motor Speedway near Concord, N.C., October 1996. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, file) by Frank James Jesse Helms, a conservative stalwart who for...

by Mark Silva President George W. Bush, who hasn't pardoned many criminals in his time, will have a chance to spare legions before leaving office in January. Requests for presidential pardons and commutations of prison sentences are piling up at......

by Paul West Presidential conventions are revving up, so it must be time to start tearing them down. You've heard the criticism: Conventions have become meaningless. They're glorified commercials, stripped of all real suspense, choreographed more...

by Mark Silva People are attempting to draw parallels between Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for president, and Dick Cheney, the vice president. There's not much there there, we suspect. The shotgun-packing "hockey mom" from Alaska hails from similar...

by Mark Silva BLOOMINGTON, Minn. -- President Gerald Ford pardoned President Richard Nixon. Does an Obama-Biden administration have something else in mind for members of the Bush administration who have refused to cooperate with congressional...

Who was the best Republican president in the last 50 years? That???s a question Palm Beach County Republican organizers are asking visitors to their Web site. Perhaps to no one's surprise, the frontrunner in the informal survey is the......