Not long ago Media Mob reported that The Washington Post’s David Maraniss is in talks with Simon & Schuster about writing a book on President-elect Barack Obama. Now comes word that Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter is, too. The two books will be quite different: Where Mr. Maraniss means to write a retrospective biography in the tradition of his Bill ...

Ted Kennedy made a surprise appearance at the Senate, and received a standing ovation.
By holding his convention speech at the Denver arena, Barack Obama is risking setting expectations too high, writes Jonathan Alter. Congressional Quarterly changed its rating for the upstate congressional district represented by the retiring Jim Walsh to "leans Democrat."
John McCain calls late-term abortions "one of ...