Richard Nixon

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  • Generation Dem

    Beyond the failure of Karl Rove, the momentous 2006 elections signaled the emergence of a younger, bluer America that could reshape politics for years to come.
    By Sidney Blumenthal November 30, 2006

  • A man who hated government

    Conservative economic guru and liberal nemesis Milton Friedman disliked intervention of any sort, whether in the market or in recreational drug use.
    By Brad DeLong November 17, 2006

  • The imperial presidency crushed

    The Supreme Court's rejection of kangaroo military tribunals shackles Bush's legacy to Nixon's -- and could even land him in the dock for war crimes.
    By Sidney Blumenthal July 6, 2006

  • Well, he's still got Nixon to kick around

    As "angry conservatives" turn on Bush, his approval ratings approach Watergate-era levels.
    By Tim Grieve May 5, 2006

  • Did Bush lie about wiretaps to cover up his spying program?

    John Kerry points to contradictions in calling for an investigation; Howard Dean invokes the specter of Nixon.
    By Tim Grieve December 20, 2005

  • Back to the future

    Nixon in 1969. Bush in 2005.
    By Tim Grieve December 1, 2005

  • The Woodward coverup

    What a shock it was to learn that the man who exposed the Watergate scandal had been keeping his own big secret.
    By Sidney Blumenthal December 1, 2005

  • The long march of Dick Cheney

    For his entire career, he sought untrammeled power. The Bush presidency and 9/11 finally gave it to him -- and he's not about to give it up.
    By Sidney Blumenthal November 24, 2005

  • Shipwrecked

    Bush has so thoroughly destroyed the Republican establishment that no one, not even his dad, can rescue him now.
    By Sidney Blumenthal October 27, 2005

  • The final tilt of the scales

    With Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement, right-wing Republicans see the opportunity of a lifetime to seize the Supreme Court once and for all.
    By Sidney Blumenthal July 7, 2005

  • What Deep Throat was up to

    Mark Felt fought a covert battle against Nixon's plan to create an imperial presidency. But could he have prevailed against George W. Bush, who has created a kingdom beyond even Nixon's dreams?
    By Sidney Blumenthal June 9, 2005

  • Guessing game

    The revelation of Deep Throat's identity has only created more mysteries.
    By John W. Dean June 7, 2005

  • Putting Deep Throat in perspective

    Leading media lights Pat Buchanan and Rush Limbaugh explain that Nixon's enemies were responsible for losing the Vietnam War, and for genocide in Cambodia.
    By Mark Follman June 2, 2005

  • Did Nixon know?

    The world just learned that "Deep Throat" was W. Mark Felt. Richard Nixon, John Dean and H.R. Haldeman had their suspicions long ago.
    By Tim Grieve June 1, 2005

  • DeLay gets spanked by the old-school GOP

    Ten former Republican congressman blast DeLay's dubious changes to House ethics rules -- and fear that he's the party's next Nixon.
    By Mark Follman April 15, 2005

  • Why I can't mourn the pope

    Dying of cancer, my mother was driven away from the church she loved by its doctrinal rigidity. That I can't forgive.
    By Joan Walsh April 5, 2005

  • Political crackup

    By intervening in the Schiavo case, Bush moved the religious right into the heart of the GOP. Now there will be hell to pay.
    By Sidney Blumenthal March 31, 2005

  • Four poor years?

    Bush backers boast that his victory gives him a chance to join the greats. But most reelected presidents have been far less effective in their second term than in their first.
    By Ted Widmer November 12, 2004

  • The GOP's not-so-impartial hit man

    Desperate to denigrate John Kerry's war record, Republicans have trotted out a "nonpartisan" Navy Vietnam vet -- who was a protege of Nixon dirty trickster Charles Colson and whose law firm is closely tied to the Bush White House.
    By Joe Conason April 23, 2004

  • Creepier than Nixon

    The man who brought down Richard Nixon says Bush and "co-president" Cheney are an even greater threat to the country.
    By David Talbot March 31, 2004

  • The secret history of secrecy

    The closing of the American government.
    By John D. Podesta and Judd C. Legum March 22, 2004

  • The Republicans' Kerry problem

    Three decades ago, a worried Nixon White House tried to destroy young John Kerry, a war hero who interfered with its plan to smear Democrats as un-American. Today's White House has the same problem.
    By Sidney Blumenthal February 12, 2004

  • A coalition of fear

    Al Gore: "In many ways, George W. Bush reminds me more of Nixon than any other previous president."
    February 11, 2004

  • "Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President"

    As White House denials grow insistent, some of the sharpest thinkers of the Vietnam generation see stark parallels with the war in Iraq.
    By Jessica Kowal November 17, 2003

  • Henry Kissinger: The sequel

    Heroic statesman or war criminal? America's most legendary living foreign-policy wonk takes another stab at molding his legacy.
    By Stanley I. Kutler September 30, 2003
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