Articles Written by:    PETER S. CANELLOS     

Lessons of the '93 healthcare war muddle the current debate

WASHINGTON - Politicians can spend a lot of time fighting the last war, and so it is with those who are now caucusing in earnest to produce a new healthcare blueprint by next month. The last healthcare war was Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton's attempt ...

From PETER S. CANELLOS, Boston Globe,  5 May 2009
Related Topics: Hillary Rodham Clinton,  U.S. Republican Party,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Democratic Party

Kennedy's lifelong quest

The young candidate looked uncomfortable in his dark, shapeless suit and skinny tie as he sat on a lawn chair outside a Massachusetts housing project, preparing to interview an elderly woman dressed in her Sunday best.  “This afternoon I’ve talked to ...

From PETER S. CANELLOS, The Politico,  3 May 2009
Related Topics: Edward M. Kennedy,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Barack Obama,  Max Baucus,  U.S. Senate

Souter appears set to leave high court

WASHINGTON - David Hackett Souter, the intensely private New Hampshire jurist who emerged on the Supreme Court as a crucial defender of abortion rights and the separation of church and state, is retiring from the high court, according to news reports ...

From PETER S. CANELLOS AND MILTON J. VALENCIA, Boston Globe,  1 May 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  David Souter,  George H. W. Bush,  U.S. Republican Party,  White House

Amid war, recession, Obama presses on

WASHINGTON - On a crystal-blue Tuesday, change in America took the form of a million faces seeking uplift, drinking in the pageantry of the nation's inaugural rituals. A hundred days later, change looks like this: A giant spending plan aimed at getting ...

From PETER S. CANELLOS, Boston Globe,  26 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  White House,  Bill Clinton

The president looks forward with audacious compromise

WASHINGTON - If a compromise can truly be audacious, President Obama's split-decision to release memos detailing the past use of allegedly torturous interrogation tactics, but also to promise to vigorously defend those who followed the (possibly ...

From PETER S. CANELLOS, Boston Globe,  21 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Central Intelligence Agency,  George W. Bush,  Michael V. Hayden,  U.S. Congress

Bush's high road highlights contrasts with Cheney

WASHINGTON - When the most recent former president convenes 20 former aides for a brainstorming session today about the George W. Bush Policy Institute, one big figure will be missing, according to news reports. Former vice president Dick Cheney, the ...

From PETER S. CANELLOS, Boston Globe,  14 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Dick Cheney,  Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  Christopher Hill,  Richard Nixon

In a stroke of brilliance, Obama defies easy caricature

WASHINGTON - Within a few months of a new presidency, most Americans usually have a line on their chief's personality - a sense of his colorful foibles, annoying habits, and potential vulnerabilities. Bill Clinton, who received a haircut on an idling ...

From PETER S. CANELLOS, Boston Globe,  7 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Bill Clinton,  George W. Bush,  White House,  Tricky

New museum reflects character of nation's 3d president

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The new museum that will open here, at Thomas Jefferson's home, on April 15, is dedicated to the idea that the third president's character is best expressed through Monticello, the plantation that is his "autobiographical ...

From PETER S. CANELLOS, Boston Globe,  31 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Thomas Jefferson,  The New Republic,  Benjamin Franklin,  Henry Ford,  F. Scott Fitzgerald

AIG bonuses spawn a new era of reviling business leaders

WASHINGTON - President John F. Kennedy barreled out of a 1962 meeting with the chairman of United States Steel spouting a full head of steam. "My father told me businessmen were all [expletives], but I didn't really believe he was right until now," the ...

From PETER S. CANELLOS, Boston Globe,  23 Mar 2009
Related Topics: American International Group,  United States Steel,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  Harry Truman,  Barney Frank

Mainstream media need to return to ideals after failures

WASHINGTON - "The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart's attack on the nation's business media and his blistering showdown last week with CNBC anchor Jim Cramer could be another nail in the coffin of the mainstream media. Or it could be a sign of how ...

From PETER S. CANELLOS, Boston Globe,  17 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Jon Stewart,  Jim Cramer,  George W. Bush,  NPR

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