The Principal Remaining Argument for an Extended Impeachment Trial The Principal Remaining Argument for an Extended Impeachment Trial
It might make sense to end it now, except
That wouldn't show the managers respect.
So even if their case now seems inert,
Feb 4, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
On Olympic Bribery On Olympic Bribery
'Twas said the honest folks of Salt Lake City
Deplored sins large and even itty-bitty.
But, trying for the Games, they thought it pretty
Jan 28, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Justice Over-Decorated Is Justice Denied Justice Over-Decorated Is Justice Denied
Chief Justice Rehnquist now presides.
He rules the chamber that decides
If Clinton should remain or go.
This role's important, that we know.
Jan 21, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
One Lesson of the Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton One Lesson of the Impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton
The middle names we have are, as a rule,
Obscure, pretentious, odd or just not cool.
So someone named John Bloomingblaise McGill
Jan 14, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
McCain McCain
So now comes forward John McCain,
A high-tech version of Gawain
When with his steed, a Navy plane.
He says he's forming his campaign
Jan 7, 1999 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Historic Question Department, 11th-Grade Division Historic Question Department, 11th-Grade Division
In every century, it seems,
The Constitution's put to test.
Important questions must be asked,
And ours is, "Did he touch her breast?"
Dec 24, 1998 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Breakthrough in Biology Breakthrough in Biology
They now know how
To clone a cow.
The corollary
Is pretty scary.
Dec 17, 1998 / Column / Calvin Trillin