Here is a truism about the psychology of politicians: there is almost nothing so soul-definingly traumatic for them as losing an election. You believe yourself a great man, a figure of destiny. You love your job, or covet an even more important one—and...

In short, it's hard to discern what turns the wheels inside him. But those who try are homing on Romney's relationship with his father George Romney, car company CEO, governor of Michigan, and failed presidential candidate. And two of the smartest...

Rolling Stone, the distinguished political historian Rick Perlstein provides some history about the regular trumping of theology by politics in the process of making his case that fear or hostility towards the LDS faith won’t keep conservative...

It's really helpful to have a historian of the modern conservative movement weigh in on recent history. The press is simply dismal in this regard. The whole article is great, but this is the gist: Gingrich and Co. were able to get away with it because...

These dividends created no economic value—they just redistributed money from the company to the private-equity investors. Romney's investments enriched himself and his investors, but not the country. His money and wealth would have been scorned by his...

It's Blue Gal from The Professional Left Podcast , bringing you this week's podcast round up. Be aware that these podcasts are also available on i-Tunes, and may not be safe for work. Virtually Speaking A to Z : the present and future of liberalism in a...