Richard Nixon really understood the concept of branding a presidency, but he was never quite able to bring that idea into practice. Instead, he'd just grumble into his dictabelt whilst wondering why the nation...
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As governor, George W. Bush presided over more than 150 executions. This statistic is a record in modern history and in civilized society and it should be remembered when we talk about him as a man who forgives too...
As governor, George W. Bush presided over more than 150 executions. This statistic is a record in modern history and in civilized society and it should be remembered when we talk about him as a man who forgives too...
"On June 16, the former President of France will no longer have his Presidential immunity. He is subject to a number of corruption investigations dating back through 12 years of his Presidency, all the way back to...
"Wake up and smell the sex! It's late Spring on the Potomac, and once again that unmistakable odeur erotique is in the air. So let's dance around the Maypole, Brothers and Sisters, Lovers and Sinners: It's time for Hookergate: Part II!
Those of us who enjoy the incriminating...
"MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- E. Howard Hunt, who helped organize the Watergate break-in, leading to the greatest scandal in American political history and the downfall of Richard Nixon's presidency, died Tuesday. He was 88.
Hunt died after a lengthy bout with pneumonia, according...
E. Howard Hunt, one of the key figures
who organized the Watergate break-in, has died at the age of 88. A
longtime CIA operative, Hunt helped plan both a coup in Guatemala in
1954 and the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba.
Hunt served 33 months in prison...
Jan. 8, 2007 issue - He was a
larger figure than you might have thought. Many familiar
personalities—politicians, movie stars, newscasters—are smaller in fact
than they are on television or in photographs. In his 1970s-modern
desert house in Rancho Mirage, Calif., or his...
"LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Former president Gerald Ford, who sought to heal the United States after the trauma of the Watergate scandal that forced Richard Nixon from office in 1974, has died at the age of 93.
Flags flew...
University of Texas Harry Ransom Center - known for famous collections including a photocopy of the Gutenberg bible, cataloged papers of screenwriter Tennessee Williams and "Ulysses" - has negotiated for the Woodward...
"It was on this day in 1974 that Richard Milhous Nixon went on national television to announce that he was resigning the office of the president. He was the first American president in history forced to resign....
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"Although Reporters without Borders' attacks on Castro, Chavez and Aristide are perfectly alligned with the State Department's policies, and though she admitted RSF was receiving money from Reich, Morillon denied that the governmant funding the group receives in any way...