Gene Lyons

I married the coach's daughter I married the coach's daughter
It was the wisest decision of my life -- and not just because she tolerates cheerleader ogling and other male vices.
Double play
It's bad enough that the New York Times got Hillary Clinton's role in the Madison S&L case wrong back in 1996, but how do they explain doing it again, four years later?
Smearing Hillary
The first lady's lost Whitewater billing records were supposed to be the smoking gun that would lead to her indictment. Instead, they corroborated her claims of innocence.
Impeachment's little elves
How a pack of conservative lawyers used Matt Drudge and Clinton-accuser Kathleen Willey to scuttle a deal in the Paula Jones sexual harassment case.
Nabbing David Hale
Kenneth Starr's key Whitewater witness turned his government-funded loan company into an ATM machine for his politically connected friends. When the feds caught on, he tried to blame President Clinton.
Temps for the vast right-wing conspiracy
Richard Mellon Scaife and other leaders in the effort to bring down President Clinton were driven by ideology. Meet Larry Nichols and Larry Case, who were in it for the money.
Whose vast conspiracy is it, anyway?
There was a plot to get President Clinton, argues Jeffrey Toobin. It just wasn't the one you think.
Mistakes were made
A close reading of the Starr Report shows that the independent counsel cut several legal corners too many when laying his impeachment trap.
See some evil, hear some evil ...
Kenneth Starr says his only concern is the truth. Then why is he giving fre passes to people who have lied and broken the law?
See some evil, hear some evil ...
A reporter who has been following the Whitewater investigation from the start finds Kenneth Starr giving a free pass to people who have lied and broken the law, so long as they testify against President Clinton.
Newsreal: Clinton's ghost
How a manic-depressive's quest for revenge finally killed him, but not before he embroiled the country in a tortuous six-year quest called the Whitewater investigation.
Newsreal: The Clinton crisis
The Pied Piper of the Clinton conspiracists
An Arkansas newspaper columnist who has followed the fortunes and alleged scandals of President Clinton for years reviews a new book by a British journalist who believes that the president is guilty of every crime his extremist opponents accuse him of.
Newsreal: Paula Jones's sleaze finder
The latest member of the Paula Jones legal team is a private detective whose job is to run down the sleaziest recycled rumors about the president's alleged sexual escapades in Arkansas.
What's the bottom line on Whitewater?
A Salon roundtable

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