Bill Clinton

Relations between the US and Iran have been so bad for so long that there may be an understandable urge to make up for lost time, and get right down to business. But that may not be best in the long run

President Obama is taking to the primetime airways to make the case for military intervention in Syria. He joins many other presidents who have argued for military engagement abroad.

It was Bill Clinton’s turn Wednesday night to speak to the crowd of Democratic enthusiasts assembled to nominate Barack Obama for president. He led them through a full-fledged endorsement of Obama’s work on the economy and tore down and poked holes in many Republican criticisms.

In the most recent fiscal year, U.S. taxpayers paid millions of dollars for the offices, phones and postage of our four living former presidents. All the while, many of those same ex-presidents were making millions on the speaking circuit, on top of a nearly $200,000 federal pension. One Congressman wants to rein in that spending.

President Barack Obama talked about the work of “remaking America” — a look at his speech in the context of history and politics.