ESPN’s highest-paid host, Stephen A. Smith, said he’ll “leave the door open” for a Democratic presidential run. He reasons that he has “no choice,” echoing past candidates without political experience ...

“Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” starring Jimmy Stewart as a naïve senator, explores the idealism — and reality — behind the tactic. By Alissa Wilkinson Late in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,” Frank ...

In the American political conscience, there lingers a myth: That real change comes from exhortation — passionate, unyielding exhortation — that moves the hearts of men and women. According to this ...