Politics

Rehnquist’s Impeachment Gavel Rehnquist’s Impeachment Gavel

William Rehnquist was Richard Nixon's chief legal strategist when Nixon appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1971.

Dec 24, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Neuborne

Our Bloodless Coup Our Bloodless Coup

People warn that a Senate impeachment trial will effectively shut down the government, involving as it would the Supreme Court and tying up the World's Greatest Deliberative ...

Dec 24, 1998 / Arthur Miller

Impeachment Madness Impeachment Madness

As the House of Representatives moved toward a historic decision--delayed by the bombing of Iraq--on whether to impeach the President, so-called moderate Republicans lamented that ...

Dec 17, 1998 / The Editors

Jesse ‘The Gov’ Ventura Jesse ‘The Gov’ Ventura

On January 4, 1999, Jesse Ventura will be sworn in as the new governor of Minnesota amid a media deluge not seen since the state hosted the Super Bowl.

Dec 17, 1998 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry

His Terrible, Swift Sword His Terrible, Swift Sword

You're familiar, of course, with the Wall Street Journal.

Dec 17, 1998 / Feature / Michael Tomasky

Noah’s Arc Noah’s Arc

Somewhat impudently for a man taken in adultery, Henry Hyde compares himself to Jesus Christ.

Dec 17, 1998 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Close, But No Cigar Close, But No Cigar

On August 20 last, President Clinton personally ordered the leveling of the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical plant on the outskirts of Khartoum.

Oct 5, 1998 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Social (In-)Security Social (In-)Security

What precisely about the current Social Security "reform" debate makes it so hateful and repellent?

May 14, 1998 / The Editors

Paris Letter: The Politics and the Pity Paris Letter: The Politics and the Pity

"We are all German Jews" chanted 50,000 Frenchmen at the gates of the Bastille in 1968; I was recently reminded of this episode, which has become revolutionary lore…

Jan 2, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Singer

May in December May in December

It's not May in December. The ten days that shook the Chirac government are not a repetition of the great rising of students and workers that precipitated the fall of Gen. Charles ...

Jan 2, 1998 / Daniel Singer

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