Jon Meacham is the former editor of Newsweek and co-anchor of PBS's new TV and web newsmagazine Need to Know. His bestselling biography, American Lion, about Andrew Jackson, was awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
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The Power of the Cover
Former editor Jon Meacham on how telling the story of presidents and top pols has been a key... MORE
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Let Reformation Begin at Ground Zero
The debate over the Islamic center in lower Manhattan—the mosque with a pool and a prayer room—is... MORE
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Don't Wait for a Thank You, Mr. President
The Obama White House is now feeling the effects of an inescapable historical fact: presidents... MORE
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A Victory for Liberty in California
At the conclusion of the arguments in Perry v.... MORE
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Mysteries and Thrillers We Love
A friend I thought I knew well startled me the other evening with a sweeping literary judgment that... MORE
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When the Facts Get in the Way
My family and I have spent most of July in Tennessee, which has put me in the position of being in... MORE
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John Kerry’s Fulbright Moment
It had been, Sen. John Sparkman of Alabama said, a “rocky road.... MORE
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Meacham: The Queen's Foreign Policy
She is an unlikely emblem of the new.... MORE
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Meacham: The Right Kind of American Populism
The American economy is sputtering, and we are running out of options.... MORE
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Criticism in an Age of Disproportion
In case you missed it—which is unlikely if you are reading this—President Obama gave an Oval Office... MORE
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Primary Examples for Our Daughters
As the father of two formidable daughters (one is 5, the other 2, but they already seem formidable... MORE
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What an Umpire Could Teach BP
A drama that played out last week in Detroit is that rarest of public moments: one in which... MORE
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The Price of Forgetting Soldiers' Sacrifices
Americans easily forget about war and soldiers’ sacrifices because so few of us have any direct... MORE
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Trial, Error, and the Gulf of Mexico
Government is not the root of all evil; neither are corporations.... MORE
