the political scene ·
THE POLITICAL SCENE about Sen. Bob Dole's collapsing Presidential bid... Whatever the poll numbers, whatever the panicked advice from his handlers, …
Sidney Blumenthal
Sidney Blumenthal is the author of “ All the Powers of Earth: 1856-1860 ,” the third of his five-volume biography “The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln,” and a former adviser to President Bill Clinton and to Hillary Clinton.
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a reporter at large ·
A REPORTER AT LARGE about British Labour Party leader Tony Blair, 41... On Apr. 9, 1992, when the Labour Party lost its fourth successive election to the …
letter from washington ·
Her sexual-harassment claims against President Clinton spawned a lurid scandal, Sidney Blumenthal writes. But for a disgruntled network of televangelists and anti-abortionists, she is more than a cause—she is an opportunity.