Scott Hogenson is a public relations executive who lives in Texas. The mayoral election in New York City is about to spark the strangest American political dynamic since the mid-19th century.

They emerged out of a sense of hopelessness in their opposition to a strong president. They believed the powers of the legislative branch had been dangerously diminished. Their ascendancy was prompted ...

Like the seasons, political parties come and go. In 1847, Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress as a Whig. By 1854 that party had ceased to exist. The Liberal Party dominated British politics during ...

In this upside down world of ours, the Whig Party philosophy comes to mind: "That in an imperfect world with imperfect people nothing would ever be completely right and no body completely loyal; that ...