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James Ceaser is the Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, director of the Program for Constitutionalism and Democracy, and was a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. He is the author of several books on American politics and American political thought, including...
The Demagogues Move In
The Democrats and the Republicans: two of the oldest, most storied political parties in all of history. Hoover fellow James Ceaser on how they got put up for rent.
The Facts and the Furious
Disagreements—and insults. Presidential politics, on the boil.
Where the Left Is Going
The long, strange trip of progressivism.
Shaken and Stirred
That tremor felt after Election Day was American democracy in action. Donald Trump’s allies and foes alike can make sure American principles stand firm.
What Obama Isn't Saying
The apolitical politics of progressivism. . . .
Trump And Sanders: Who's The Real 'Outsider'?
Outsiders have seldom been the real thing. Donald Trump has bragged about using government influence to get rich. Sanders’s policies would concentrate more power and resources in the nation’s capital.
A Lack Of Ideas Has Consequences
Something has gone missing from American politics. Since the beginning of the new administration in January, public debate focused on general ideas has largely disappeared.
Angry Americans Disrupt Town- Hall Healthcare Talks
At scattered events across the United States, protesters are confronting members of Congress whose summer "town hall" meetings aim to get a sense of how Americans feel about overhauling healthcare...
The Roots of Obama Worship
Barack Obama has now been center stage for two years—one as a presidential candidate (and president elect) and one as president. . . .
A War President and His Party
Will Democrats be able to keep from criticizing Obama on Afghanistan? . . .
I’m OK—You’re a Selfish, Partisan Hypocrite
A Hoover/ Economist survey of political attitudes finds voters in no mood for postpartisan lovey-dovey. By James W. Ceaser.
James Buckley discusses the challenges we face after the 2012 election
This week on Uncommon Knowledge, author and former Senator James Buckley discusses the transformation of the federal government and the challenges we face after the 2012 election. (28:30)
“It is going to be an extraordinary challenge for [future generations] but there are certain realities that are going to be faced. If the debt goes off on the trajectory it is currently on, in terms of devastating, destroying the economic basis of the country my grandchildren are going to face problems that I never dreamed of and you never dreamed of. Nevertheless insofar as they pay any attention of any advice I might give them it would be you have responsibilities not only to yourself and your family but to the public.”
Postpartisan Preening
“Beyond politics,” the latest mantra in Washington, is at best astoundingly naive. By Harvey C. Mansfield.
The Businessman and the Intellectual
Despite endless debate about the issues, the presidential contest comes down to character. By James W. Ceaser.
Understanding Donald Trump
Robert Costa, an American journalist who writes for the Washington Post, joins Peter Robinson to discuss his insights into president-elect Donald Trump after covering him for the past several years.
Taylor's Ruling: Government Created Credit Crisis
James Freeman interviews Stanford professor John Taylor about how Washington created the credit meltdown...
What Should We Really Be Asking Candidates?
This Experiment Has Some Great News For Our Democracy
The idea that our divisions are entrenched and unbridgeable is overstated.
Berkowitz is on the John Batchelor Show
A Foreign Policy Primer For Obama––And Rand Paul
The president who thinks there’s such a thing as an “Austrian” language is advising Rand Paul to “bone up on foreign policy.”