Julian E. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. He is the co-editor of Rightward Bound: Making America Conservative in the 1970s and is completing a book on the history of national-security politics since World War II, to be published by Basic Books.

Why Democrats Hate Summer

Why Democrats Hate Summer

Obama's mid-year train wreck puts him in the inglorious company of previous Democratic presidents. How the heat dera...

Posted 7:07 PM | Aug 29, 2009
Is Clintonism Dead

Is Clintonism Dead?

Did "Clintonism" go down with Terry McAuliffe in Virginia? David Greenberg and Julian Zelizer say that, if you look a...

Posted 10:01 PM | Jun 12, 2009
Will Obama Stumble Like Ford

Will Obama Stumble Like Ford?

As he figures out how to react to the swine flu, President Obama should look toward Gerald Ford, who had his own harr...

Posted 5:54 AM | Apr 29, 2009
Obamas Pirate Coup

Obama's Pirate Coup

The president is receiving high praise for the rescue. Historian Julian Zelizer says that a thrilling episode from Ge...

Posted 3:44 PM | Apr 13, 2009