Earlier this week, Gallup reported just 31 percent of us had a “great deal” or “fair amount” of trust in “mass media,” with 36 percent declaring no trust at…
In 2005, Carter co-authored a study on America’s election systems with James Baker III. The resulting Baker-Carter Commission report still stands as a monument to how to run free, fair,…
Following the 2000 election—about which, recall, there had been more than a little controversy—the private, “blue-ribbon” National Commission on Federal Election Reform was convened to study and make recommendations about…
(PDF here) The president has begun raising money for his library and foundation, which will be located in Chicago and plans to operate on a grand scale. Obama hopes…
Robert McNamara, the wunderkind who fascinated President John F. Kennedy with his intellectual gymnastics while serving as his secretary of defense, has died at the age of 93. McNamara,…