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The prosecution won't rest
The chief counsel in the Clinton impeachment compares the current president to Nixon. Let me count the ways he's wrong.
By John W. Dean Oct 4, 2000
Nixon revisited
Anthony Summers' Nixon biography is filled with charges of drug and domestic abuse, but it also sheds light on the final days of the Nixon presidency.
By Joshua Micah Marshall Sep 1, 2000
The traitor
Forget the sketchy allegations of wife-beating. Anthony Summers' new book makes clear that Richard Nixon's real crimes were against his country.
By Charles Taylor Sep 1, 2000
Watergate kids
By Amy Silverman
Aug 11, 2000
Watergate kids
In Phoenix, Tom Liddy is running for office. Anne Kleindienst isn't. Too bad for us.
By Amy Silverman Aug 7, 2000
"My only regret"
Daniel Ellsberg reflects on the role the Pentagon Papers played in ending the war, and says he wishes he'd released them years earlier.
By Daryl Lindsey Apr 28, 2000
All this useful beauty
The hottest art show in America is never better than Tom Cruise in his underwear. Wouldn't a nice Kate Spade handbag be so much more practical?
By Sarah Vowell Mar 29, 2000
Hyperbole is hell
Talkin' trash about Talk; Chris Rock & Tyson cry the blues in the bosom of fame; did Bernstein's son cough up Deep Throat's identity? Plus: Gotti on Clinton.
By Amy Reiter Aug 4, 1999
"Dick"
A flinty little comedy gives the Nixon years another turn.
By Stephanie Zacharek Aug 4, 1999
Hello Oprah, good-bye Constitution
An impeachment scholar bemoans the spectacle that has invaded the House of Representatives.
By Lori Leibovich Dec 4, 1998
Democracy on life support
The cynical Starr hearings were to their Watergate precursors as Jack Kevorkian is to Mother Teresa.
By Steve Erickson Nov 25, 1998
Starr troopers
In his debut column, Joe Conason argues that Steven Brill's story revealed what the public knows but the elite media refuses to admit: The national press has rolled over for the independent counsel.
By Joe Conason Jun 22, 1998
The prince who came down from his tower
John Leonard on the life and legacy of Robert F. Kennedy, as depicted in 'The Last Patrician' by Michael Knox Beran, 'Mutual Contempt' by Jeff Shesol, 'Make Gentle the Life of this World: The Vision of Bobby Kennedy' by Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, and 'Robert F. Kennedy: A Memoir' a television special by Jack Newfield, to be aired on the Discovery Channel
By John Leonard May 30, 1998
Newt to the rescue
NOW THAT THE SPEAKER IS MAKING LOUD NOISES, PERHAPS THE WHITE HOUSE'S HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS WON'T BE SO EASY TO COVER UP.
By David Horowitz May 18, 1998
Gingrich's impeachment scenario
A veteran Washington reporter says that Newt Gingrich visualizes the impeachment of President Clinton and Vice President Gore.
By Jonathan Broder Apr 29, 1998
The silence is deafening
A Republican congresswoman asks why her Democratic sisters are letting President Clinton off the hook.
By Jonathan Broder Mar 3, 1998
Handicapping Watergate II
A tip sheet, guide and (generous) odds on the Clinton investigations
By Andrew Ross Nov 19, 1996
Bob Woodward: Stenographer to the stars
With his new insider book on Campaign '96, America's foremost investigative reporter once again demonstrates the hollow core of "access" journalism.
By Christopher Hitchens Jul 1, 1996
Whitewater: Parade of the red herrings
After spending $30 million, poring over 250,000 documents and investigating half the state of Arkansas the Republicans have produced nothing but "suspicions."
By Andrew Ross Jan 28, 1996
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