Political Figures

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

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

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

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

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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