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Watergate Affair

The Adversary

There is a large and historical callous on my right middle finger that marks how seriously I have taken the political demise of Richard Nixon. The protrusion is occasioned by…

Heroes and Fools

by Herbert L. Porter,

My little white lie

Crimes of Weakness

by Taylor Branch,

Why We Will Impeach Him

by Taylor Branch,

Not for reasons of law or morality, but because nobody can think of anything better to do

What If We Don’t Impeach Him?

by Arthur Meier Schlesinger,

If Congress flinches now, the Constitution may be inoperative tomorrow

Conscience and Congress

by Robert Shnayerson,

The dilemmas of obedience

The Grand Inquest of the Nation

by Raoul Berger,

The President can no more create a constitutional power to withhold information than he can pull himself up by his own bootstraps

A Way Out for Richard Nixon

by Harper’s Staff,

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…

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