Countersigns Archives

Optimists argue that Watergate has ended the national trance under which American Presidents acquired something close to the divine right of kings. According to this view, the fall of the…

A weakness in the market for polemic

by Harper’s Staff,

In praise of decorum

by Robert Shnayerson,

The coyote as herald

by Harper’s Staff,

Of potholes and publicity

by Harper’s Staff,

The good side of a bad war

by Harper’s Staff,

The cry to punish

by Harper’s Staff,

A perilous policy

by Harper’s Staff,

Liberal and conservative (a play on words)

by Robert Shnayerson,

Notes on a Landslide

by Harper’s Staff,

The blue bird of happiness

by Harper’s Staff,

Countersigns

by Harper’s Staff,

In defense of forgetting the POW’s

by Harper’s Staff,

In Praise of Inefficient Government

by Harper’s Staff,

An antidote for despair

by Harper’s Staff,

In defense of laughter

by Harper’s Staff,

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On trusting your own perceptions

The view from south of the Pyrenees

A tale told by Scheherazade

Conscience and Congress

A change of venue

As the Watergate turns

Pleasures of presidential paraplegia

Conservatives v. conservatism

A Way Out for Richard Nixon

A weakness in the market for polemic

In praise of decorum

The coyote as herald

Of potholes and publicity

The good side of a bad war

The cry to punish

A perilous policy

Liberal and conservative (a play on words)

Notes on a Landslide

The blue bird of happiness

Countersigns

In defense of forgetting the POW’s

In Praise of Inefficient Government

An antidote for despair

In defense of laughter

August 1974

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