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Bill Clinton
No One Loves a Convention Like Bill Clinton The Man from Hope. The explainer-in-chief. No matter the decade, he is always a force.
a truly terrific new york listing
Apr. 8, 2024
The Clintons and Carl Bernstein Schmoozed Here Publisher Stephen Rubin’s living room has 17-foot-high ceilings and a lot of built-in shelves.
stop the presses
Mar. 29, 2024
Biden’s Star-Studded, Triple-President Radio City Unity Blowout Just please ignore the protesters, and Trump’s law-and-order stinkbomb ploy.
Joe Lieberman and the Center That Did Not Hold The longtime senator and Democratic vice-presidential candidate, who has died at 82, crossed party boundaries and left an uneven legacy.
The Failure of DOJ’s Special Counsel System The recent record is dismal. Just handle these high-profile cases like any other.
the inside game
Mar. 4, 2024
The Return of the Clintons Bill talks economics with Biden. Hillary gives pointers to Harris. The former First Couple is as deep in politics as they have been since Trump won.
Robert Gottlieb, Editor of Beloved and Catch-22, Dead at 92 The list of writers he worked with looks like a survey of 20th-century literature.
early and often
Mar. 10, 2023
Biden’s Risky Plan to Sit Out the 2024 Culture War The president is betting that he can neutralize most hot-button cultural issues with silence. His Republican opponent may not let him.
Madeleine Albright Has Died The first woman to serve as U.S. Secretary of State died on Wednesday at 84.
book excerpt
Mar. 1, 2022
The Wild True Story of Stan Lee and the Dot-Com Disaster In the late ’90s, the Marvel legend decided to strike out on his own — with an alleged con man as his business partner.
Chuck Klosterman Lived Through This In his book The Nineties , he tried to write about the decade as it felt at the time — at least to some people.
Nikki Haley’s Shameless Walk on the Trump Tightrope Her startling call for Biden to “step down” was clearly an attempt to atone for crossing Trump. But she may need her dignity someday.
that happened
Jan. 14, 2022
The Time Clinton Took Over Obama’s White House Podium and Stayed Awhile As Bill Clinton tries to revive Joe Biden’s stalled agenda, the president should remember his predecessor can be an excellent — if overeager — asset.
Why Biden Wants You to Think He’s Running in 2024 Whether or not he actually plans to run again, there are many good reasons for the president to keep insisting that he’s seeking a second term.
RIP Bob Dole, Last of the Greatest Generation Presidential Candidates Dole was always a bit out of step with his party and his country, which may be considered a compliment now.
Clinton’s Misunderstood ‘Sister Soulja Moment’ Doesn’t Need a Revival When you understand the full context of Clinton’s 1992 remarks, calls for Biden to deliver his own challenge to Black activists make even less sense.
fact vs fiction
Nov. 16, 2021
Fact-checking Impeachment ’s Final Act An expert analysis of the finale’s depiction of the Starr report’s release and political fallout and our characters’ post-impeachment fates.
fact vs fiction
Nov. 8, 2021
Fact-Checking Impeachment ’s ‘The Grand Jury’ An expert analysis of the sympathetic and not-so-sympathetic treatment afforded to the Starr investigation’s key witnesses.
Enough With the Tired ’90s Takes on Today’s Democrats Mark Penn and Andrew Stein are advising Biden to turn his back on decades of change within his party and his country. It won’t, and shouldn’t, work.
fact vs fiction
Nov. 1, 2021
Fact-Checking Impeachment ’s ‘Stand by Your Man’ An expert analysis of the enduring details (and jokes) that came out of Clinton’s grand jury testimony, and that “vast right-wing conspiracy” thing.
becoming bill
Oct. 21, 2021
How Impeachment Transformed Clive Owen Into Bill Clinton “I have a memory of Clive in his full Clinton prosthetics chasing me down a hallway of the West Wing set because he was so excited.”
hospitalization
Oct. 14, 2021
immigration
Oct. 13, 2021
Life Under ‘Extreme Hardship’ Inside one family’s decade-long ordeal with America’s cruelly absurd immigration laws.
centrist democrats
Oct. 8, 2021
Most Centrist Democrats Aren’t Like Kyrsten Sinema Party unity is less of a problem for congressional Dems than their very thin margin for error.
fact vs fiction
Oct. 6, 2021
Impeachment : Fact-checking Episode Five, ‘Do You Hear What I Hear?’An expert analysis of Clinton’s testimony in the Jones case and the behind-the-scenes drama in Ken Starr’s office.
fact vs fiction
Sept. 29, 2021
Impeachment : Fact-checking Episode Four, ‘The Telephone Hour’An expert analysis of the personal and legal implications of Linda Tripp’s taped calls with Monica Lewinsky.
past is prologue
Sept. 29, 2021
Biden May Bounce Back Like Other Presidents Have History shows that presidents usually get reelected unless they are unlucky, or, like Donald Trump, they work hard at alienating voters.
fact vs fiction
Sept. 21, 2021
Fact-checking Impeachment Episode Three, ‘Not To Be Believed’ An expert analysis of everything from Matt Drudge’s dumpster diving to how Paula Jones really felt about that $700,000 settlement offer.
fact vs fiction
Sept. 14, 2021
Fact-checking Impeachment, Episode Two, ‘The President Kissed Me’ An expert analysis of everything from Clinton and Lewinsky’s first kiss to Linda Tripp’s Christmas obsession.
impeachment: american crime story
Sept. 9, 2021
A Cheat Sheet for Impeachment: American Crime Story In case you’re curious how accurate the series is to real-life events involving Bill Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, and Linda Tripp.
past is prologue
Aug. 23, 2021
Clinton and Biden Bookend the Era of the Swing Voter Differences in how the two men approached campaigning and governing, despite their similar ideologies, reflect a massive shift in the U.S. electorate.
2022 midterms
Aug. 20, 2021
Democrats Should (Privately) Write Off 2022 and Just Govern When the deal goes down on Biden’s agenda in Congress, vulnerable Democrats should not be given bragging rights for thwarting their own party.
Biden’s Approval Ratings Slip Below 50 Percent for the First Time His worst is still better than Trump’s best, but for a president trying to defy the odds and retain Congress in the midterms, it’s not great.
2022 midterms
July 27, 2021
Why 2022 Won’t Be Another 1994 Republican Tidal Wave Lindsey Graham’s prediction of an impending red wave ignores several key factors behind the GOP’s historic gains in Bill Clinton’s first midterm.
2022 midterms
May 26, 2021
Trump Consulting Gingrich on Midterm ‘Contract’ With one well-known snake-oil salesman helping a man allergic to actual thinking, we shouldn’t expect much in the way of a midterm message.
Whatever Happened to ‘the Clinton Kid’? The curious reappearance of the man at the heart of a mostly forgotten conspiracy theory.
Republicans Can’t Decide Which ‘Uncle Joe’ to Attack Is the president a senile puppet? Or a ruthless leftist? While Republicans try to decide, Biden is eating their lunch.
2022 mdterms
Apr. 27, 2021
Fritz Mondale, Public Servant The old-school liberal and party loyalist redefined the vice-presidency.
5 Revelations From John Boehner’s New Memoir In On the House , the former Speaker praises Nancy Pelosi’s “killer instinct,” unloads on Ted Cruz, and claims Mark Meadows once begged on his knees.
gavin newsom recall
Apr. 14, 2021
Struggling California Republicans Gamble on Newsom Recall These are grim times for the GOP in the Golden State. So they are calculating that a long-shot recall drive may be their best best for a win.
What Joe Biden and George W. Bush Have in Common Comparing the early performances of our most-recent presidents.
covid-19 vaccines
Mar. 11, 2021
Ex-Presidents Come Together to Promote COVID Vaccination … Except Trump Trump whining as the other former presidents work together on a PSA tells you everything you need to know about his historical uniqueness.
From Fighting Racism to Playing the Power Game, Vernon Jordan Was Hard to Beat He was the living link between the civil-rights movement and political and corporate elites for decades.
biden cabinet
Feb. 23, 2021
Bernie Sanders Casts First Democratic Vote Against a Biden Cabinet Nominee Tom Vilsack was overwhelmingly confirmed anyway, and Democratic unity remains impressive.
president’s job approval
Feb. 5, 2021
Record Polarization Underlies Biden’s Otherwise Normal Job Approval Rating Biden’s impossibly popular among Democrats, and improbably unpopular among Republicans. His relative strength among independents could be key.
Why Big Mo Matters to Biden Past presidents — including Barack Obama — who got off to a slow or clumsy start often paid dearly for it. Biden wants to avoid that fate.
impeachment trial
Jan. 27, 2021
Centrists Air Censure Option As Trump Conviction Hopes Fade It could be an alternative to or fallback after a trial. But it would force Republicans to defend or condemn Trump’s conduct.
History Suggests Democratic Trifecta Could Be Short-Lived As Democrats officially take control of the Senate, they’d be wise to move fast: Republicans shattered their last two trifectas in just two years.
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