Ms. [Susan Jacoby, author of “The Age of American Unreason”], dressed in a bright red turtleneck with lipstick to match, was sitting, appropriately, in that temple of knowledge, the New York Public Library’s majestic Beaux Arts building on Fifth Avenue. The author of seven other books, she was a fellow at the library when she firs

Obama's commitment to radical centrism could also be severely tested. Franklin Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan, who enjoyed the support of popular movements, gave priority to getting their substantive legislative agendas adopted; and they succeeded by uniting their supporters and dividing their opponents. If they had focused first on uniting Democrats and Repub

In 2006, a book was published entitled What Would the Founders Do? a play on words on the adage,"What Would Jesus Do?" The cover of the book shows Washington, Hamilton, Franklin and other Founding Fathers sitting around a table in a modern day bar quaffing beers and presumably mulling over the events of modern day America and passing judgment