Topic - Theodore Roosevelt

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  Inside the Beltway

  "Richer than Romney, cuter than Newt, as slick as Rick and twice as tall as Paul. Why not?"

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  Obama's Union speech to sound populist themes

  President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night will build on the populist economic messages he's been hammering home in speeches across the country in the past few months in an effort to lay the foundation for his re-election campaign.

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Breaking GOP mold - and rice bowls

  If Mona Charen's recent attack on Newt Gingrich in a National Review piece, headlined "Who's the most conservative of them all?" reveals anything, it's that her own foundation as a conservative is a bit flawed.

• LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Roosevelt, unlike Obama, wasn't a radical

  President Obama's speech in Osawatomie, Kan., this week was calculated to clothe him in the robes of Teddy Roosevelt, who had spoken at Osawatomie 101 years earlier, calling for a "New Nationalism" ("Obama invokes TR to push payroll-tax cuts," Politics, Wednesday).

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  COLE: Obama should quit emulating others

  Pundits and politicians, perhaps struggling to make sense of their own era, are fond of finding parallels between contemporary figures and those

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  KUHNER: Being anyone but Barack

  President Obama has been reborn as a populist. At a major speech this week in Kansas, Mr. Obama outlined the themes of his 2012 re-election campaign. He is a champion of the middle class, which he claims is under siege. Their enemies are big business, corporations and the rich.

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  Obama: Wealth gap is defining issue for Americans

  Speaking in the Kansas town where former President Teddy Roosevelt took a radical turn a century ago, President Obama Tuesday said the growing gap between rich and poor in the U.S. is "the defining issue of our time."

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  HELLER: Pride and pageantry supersede records when Army meets Navy

  Every Army-Navy football game is marvelous and memorable, as more than 80,000 spectators will discover Saturday at FedEx Field.

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  Inside the Beltway

  To Trump, or not to Trump: indeed, presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich huddles with billionaire Donald Trump in Manhattan for a time on Monday, a stop made by most of his rivals in months past. Mr. Trump himself has emerged as the newest Republican kingmaker, emerging as moderator for a newly minted debate hosted by Newsmax in Iowa at month's end that may or may not include the phrases "you're fired" or "I'm declaring my candidacy for president."

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  DECKER: GOP: Whose turn is it?

  The 2012 presidential election is exactly a year away, and there's still no clear frontrunner for the Republican nomination. Despite all the chatter about dark-horse candidates coming out of nowhere to win the race, surprises are rare in the stodgy Republican Party's 150-year history.

• Thome eager to play again in 2012

  Jim Thome tied The Bambino on Monday.

• BOOK REVIEW: 'This is Herman Cain!'

  Herman Cain has had little money and almost no organization. That may change since his "breakout from the pack" drive for the Republican presidential nomination has gained traction.

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  BOOK REVIEW: 'The Book of Man'

  Halfway through "The Book of Man," William Bennett's delightful survey of writings on what it means to be a man, the author treats readers to a segment titled "Hunting the Grisly - Theodore Roosevelt" in which he writes the following: "By now you have noticed that Theodore Roosevelt appears frequently in this book. That is because Roosevelt's manliness is impossible to doubt."

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  BOOK REVIEW: 'Destiny of the Republic'

  Writing about interesting, though not major, historical figures can be a challenge for even the most talented of authors. For example, it takes a gifted writer to prompt a reader to spend a lot of time with a book in which James Garfield is the main character. Candice Millard has done that.

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  'Amigo' director John Sayles: Disguised liberal or no-labels pragmatist?

  Liberal director John Sayles took unapologetic aim at President George W. Bush in his 2004 film "Silver City," released shortly before that year's elections. In a recent interview, Mr. Sayles styled himself as something of a fashionably post-partisan middle-of-the-roader.

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