Call this a lowering of expectations by a figurehead of the mainstream media. Newsweek editor Jon Meacham spoke candidly about his expectations for President-elect Barack Obama at an appearance promoting his latest book about former President Andrew Jackson, "American Lion," at the Politic...

Cody Matthews isn't a wealthy man, but he figures that witnessing the inauguration of the nation's first African American president is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he's willing to dole out a hefty sum to experience it....

As a Tennessean, I am proud that my state produced the most insane President ever elected to office. That President was Andrew Jackson. I was recently excited to find him listed as one of the most badass presidents of all time in an excellent article on Cracked.com. (The aforementioned article is al...

American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House By Jon Meacham Random House, 512 pages, $30 Following Barack Obama’s victory on Nov. 4, a prominent conservative wrote, “[He] will now bestride the political stage as largely as did Reagan.� It was, in most parts, a compliment, though the allusi...

McCain: There Will Be Other Wars, Smilin’ John McCain - Tough Talk - Fool or Fraud?, Ball Bounce, Obama Talks Tough, Biography of George Washington, A Brief Profile of the Continental Army, Dwight David Eisenhower At a Glance, World War II, The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses Grant, The Civil War ...

Barack Obama is winning support for his White House campaign from an unlikely quarter - America's poker players....

What do you get when you combine The Queers, Lemuria, Bomb the Music Industry, Andrew Jackson Jihad, and Kepi Ghoulie? You get the Asian Man Records Tour 2008, DUH! Currently scheduled to run during May and June, the label continues to add dates to the tour to spread the fun of punk in order to achi...

Today’s N&R section D called Savor mentions pomegranates at the top of the page and where you can get them - Harris Teeter and Fresh Market. Let me tell you snobs one thing right now. I am not about to subject myself to the several stoplights of Sprawlboro to find one of those stores when...