Political Figures

Land of Dreams Land of Dreams

Anyone who decides to add his drop to the tidal wave of commentary on the impeachment of President Clinton must acknowledge, at the outset, a built-in difficulty.

Dec 24, 1998 / Jonathan Schell

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

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

The Rise of Ronald Reagan

The Rise of Ronald Reagan The Rise of Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan was born in 1911 in rural Illinois.

Jul 19, 1980 / Feature / E.L. Doctorow

Rosa Luxemburg grave in Berlin

A Spartacan Manifesto A Spartacan Manifesto

Shortly after the murders of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, The Nation published the manifesto of the German Spartacists, a group the pair co-founded to incite a Marxist revol...

Mar 8, 1919 / Clara Zetkin, Rosa Luxemburg, Karl Liebknecht, and Franz Mehring

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