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If Money Drives Politics, Steve Forbes Is a Lincoln
Time was when the J-school media critics would complain that political campaigns were covered as though they were horse races. This remonstrance was followed by lamentations about the failure to cover...
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The Ghost of Q. Offers W. a Lesson in Politics
As George W. Bush prepares to take office, the statesmen and observers who will shape and comment on the events of his administration ready themselves with preliminary grappling. The first to die in...
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Pop Presidential Biographer Shakes Up American Pantheon
Pop Presidential Biographer Shakes Up American Pantheon John Adams , by David McCullough. Simon & Schuster, 751 pages, $35. Last November, in the waning months of the Clinton administration, an...
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Live and Uncensored: It’s Dave
At a little past 9 p.m. on Nov. 20, Dave Chappelle arrived unannounced at the Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village. The audience, packed into the small red-brick room and just starting in on their...
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A Fanciful Neocon Version Of Our Expansionist History
On July 4, 1821, John Quincy Adams declared that the United States “goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.” Wishing freedom for all, America knew that by intervening to support independence...
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A Fanciful Neocon Version Of Our Expansionist History
On July 4, 1821, John Quincy Adams declared that the United States “goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.” Wishing freedom for all, America knew that by intervening to support independence...
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Pols STILL Behaving Badly: Political Viciousness in the Young Republic
If history tells us anything, the inane squabbles infecting our nation will pass.
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Bye George: Biographers Struggle to Let Go of Their Subjects
Biographer Richard Brookhiser will bid adieu to his John Marshall next.
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The First Woman to Interview a President Got Him in the Nude
Access to a solo interview with the most powerful man in the country is a badge of honor for a journalist, proof that they are to be taken seriously.
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