Mike Tackett

By Julia Keller It used to be the exclusive tool of fed-up assistant principals, ticked-off piano teachers and stressed-out parents dealing with a naughty toddler. Yet shame — that delicate...

by Andrew Malcolm For those of you keeping score, Barack Obama has now moved past Hillary Clinton in terms of announced support from elected superdelegates (governors, senators and representatives). He...

by Don Frederick Will the taint of the late 1960s and early '70s -- at least as it affects mainstream politics -- ever fade? Barack Obama, who was grade-school age...

by Rick Pearson PHILADELPHIA—During last night's Democratic presidential debate, Sen. Barack Obama gave a nuanced response as to whether he believed a District of Columbia law banning handguns, currently being...

by Michael Tackett The Bob Barr juggernaut won't stop. The former Republican member of the House of Representatives from Georgia, a man known for his love of partisan combat, apparently...

Condoleezza Rice and the Rice Cake: eBay. By Bay Fang In the latest of a series of unusual eBay offerings, a seller in upstate New York has put up for...

by John Riley What political purpose this serves is unclear, but Bill Clinton -- stumping in Indiana Thursday, like Obama -- has now taken to telling the story of Hillary's...

By Andrew Malcolm The normal pattern of presidential political campaigns is that right at the start the candidates publish a book about their lives and thoughts, which may not be...

By Josh Drobnyk The Democratic presidential campaign ad war has seen more than $8.4 million pumped into Pennsylvania by the two candidates – more than $3.1 million this week alone....

By Tim Jones So much for all that purported excitement about a rock-em, sock-em, extra-inning presidential primary. A new report from the National Annenberg Election Survey shows that satisfaction with...