A study of how the media has affected the American presidency. After presenting a description of American political rhetoric through the early 20th-century, this book examines the use of the media and rhetorical style of presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George Bush.

What is the relationship between ethics and the making of public policy? McCollough asserts that consideration of ethics is too far removed from the policy-making process. The result is less responsive agendas and decisions, as well as public policy that often goes against the grain of popular morality.

The Thinking Game is designed for self instruction or course use at the beginning of undergraduate training or at the end of secondary school. It is especially useful for mid-career students new to an academic environment. The material is organized into 24 basic units plus additional units - one showing how to create a check list which can be used in intellectual criticism, one dealing with writing and reading and one showing how to present a written or oral critique of an author's work.

The book presents the basic economic and political ideas of Karl Marx.

Defining a political ideology as a guide to political action, reflecting a choice among values and decisions about the relative emphasis to give to them, this book provides a sweeping portrait of the political spectrum of the United States in the 1990s. Proclaiming at the outset his own progressive liberal leanings, the author announces his intention to survey the field with fairness and objectivity.