Politics
Where are the floor fights of yesteryear?
July 25, 2004
Grand Old Party A History of the Republicans Lewis L. Gould Random House: 602 pp., $35 * Party of the People A History of the Democrats Jules Witcover Random House: 830 pp., $35
March 28, 2004
The other day in Boston, peals of laughter greeted Republican Gov. William F.
July 25, 1992
World & Nation
It’s an axiom of historians that an American president needs a national crisis of major proportions to prove his mettle.
March 20, 2019
In his account of the 1976 presidential nomination contest, journalist Jules Witcover described the efforts of Texas Sen.
July 13, 1988
Obituaries
Jack W.
Aug. 14, 2013
TREAT THE PRESS: Even before longtime Republican aide David Gergen was brought in to shape up the Democratic White House, President Clinton’s operatives were readying new efforts to win over that pesky pressure group, the press.
June 7, 1993
In the wake of reports that Vice President Dan Quayle’s own staff was critical of him during the 1988 election campaign, his chief speech writer during that time defended Quayle in a speech in Irvine on Wednesday.
July 27, 1989
President Bush returned home to a warm White House welcome today after a 10-day European trip, expressing fond memories of love for America in Eastern Europe and saying he clearly feels “there’s too much hope” in Hungary and Poland for reform movements to be reversed.
July 18, 1989
* Write Him In: There are people who think Tom Clancy ought to run for Congress.
March 7, 1990