President Lyndon Johnson urged Hubert Humphrey to consider picking U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye as his vice-presidential running mate in 1968, newly released tapes from the Johnson library reveal. The Hawaii Democrat, then 43, was a serious enough prospect that Johnson had the FBI run ...

(With the Democratic National Convention beginning this week, Human Events thought readers would enjoy being reminded of many of the more memorable events of past Democratic conventions.) 2004 Boston John Kerry introduced himself to cheering delegates by giving a military salute and saying, "I'm John Kerry, and I'm reporting for duty!" Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois jump-starts his ...