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