Biden’s hunger summit echoes Nixon’s, but faces new challenges The administration's hunger summit faces challenges that have emerged since 1969, when the Nixon administration held a similar event. Roll Call · Jun 23, 2022
Tea with benefits: Lessons from the Royal Family Our politicians can learn from the British Royal Family how to gather public goodwill by giving themselves a cuddly makeover The Hindu · Jun 23, 2022
Watergate trial records and evidence digitized for 50th anniversary of break-in Material from the United States v. G. Gordon Liddy Watergate case is now available to view in the National Archives Catalog. Axios · Jun 22, 2022
The First Lady review: Gillian Anderson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Viola Davis can’t save this confused period drama Eleanor Roosevelt, Betty Ford and Michelle Obama get the crusty, historical treatment in this plodding 10-part show The Independent UK · Jun 22, 2022
Leadership by Henry Kissinger review – lessons in diplomacy from a master of the dark arts In this analysis of six national leaders, the grand old man of US politics offers a broad-brush history of international statecraft but ignores the death and destruction that sometimes resulted The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2022
This nuke-crazy general changed history Think Michael Flynn is weird? Consider Curtis LeMay, the Air Force general famously parodied in "Dr. Strangelove" Salon · Jun 20, 2022
Elvis director Baz Luhrmann reveals original cut of the film was ‘four hours long’ Filmmaker decided the biopic needed a little less conversation... The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2022
Martin Schram: How a Watergate punishment might have averted our Jan. 6 hell On June 17, Americans found ourselves at the convergence of two crises of shattering assaults on our democracy. Tribune News Service · Jun 20, 2022
Watergate Inspires Scandal Terms around the World Around 50 years ago, a failed robbery took place at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington. Since then, the building has been linked to many scandals, including one that was revealed by the Washington Post and led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon… Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 18, 2022
50 years ago, Watergate changed the American political thriller forever When Richard Nixon’s administration covered up its involvement in the 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee’s offices, a new cinematic catnip was born. Inverse · Jun 17, 2022
This week in history: A break-in at the Watergate Hotel On June 17, 1972, five men broke into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 17, 2022
Wallowing in Watergate 50 years later: A political quiz Fifty years later, the Watergate scandal is remembered in broad strokes The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022
Watergate timeline: From the crime to the consequences It took close to two years for Richard Nixon to be driven from the presidency in disgrace after the Watergate break-in 50 years ago The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022
Watergate scandal: How a single piece of tape brought down the US President One botched break-in 50 years ago today would end up changing US history and American politics forever as it set of a series of events that brought down then president Richard Nixon Daily Mirror · Jun 17, 2022
The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022 Watergate 50th meets Jan. 6. Common thread: Thirst for power Watergate and Jan. 6 are a half-century apart, in vastly different eras, and they were about different things
Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 16, 2022 It’s not what Trump knew, but what he had a responsibility to know Trump is responsible for his lies, however fervently he may tell himself and others that he believes in them. What is sincerity in the mind of a man who lies with every exhale?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jun 16, 2022 A half a century after Nixon's Watergate shook democracy, Trump has trumped him Fifty years ago Friday, burglars broke into the Watergate Hotel in Washington, the first chapter of a story that would transform American politics. The anniversary comes as Congress investigates the greatest constitutional crisis since then. Just as Watergate-era leaders instituted important reforms to address the weaknesses of the system that…
The Conversation · Jun 16, 2022 Watergate at 50: the burglary that launched a thousand scandals One of the more curious legacies of the Watergate scandal is so obvious that we barely notice it.
ABC News · Jun 16, 2022 Why Trump was more dangerous than Nixon Fifty years on from the Watergate scandal, the threat of impeachment that made Nixon resign has not fazed twice-impeached Trump — who could run for president again.
Axios · Jun 16, 2022 Watergate's Cuban American history Three Cuban exiles on an anti-communist crusade helped Nixon's team carry out the infamous break-in
Roll Call · Jun 16, 2022 ‘The Martha Mitchell Effect’ gives voice to one of Watergate’s great characters - Roll Call "The Martha Mitchell Effect" gives voice to one of the key figures of the Watergate scandal: Martha Mitchell.
Reason · Jun 16, 2022 50 Years Later, the Motive Behind Watergate Remains Clouded Despite the abundance of transcripts, FBI reports, and memoirs from those involved, we still know more about the cover-up than we do about the infamous political scandal.
Orlando Sentinel · Jun 15, 2022 Editorial: Jan. 6 committee is just getting started Like prosecutors priming a jury, the House Select Committee made a powerful case to the nation Thursday night and Monday that Donald Trump ginned up the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021. He meant it to consummate a coup that he had been plotting even before the presidential election that he…
Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2022 Jonathan Bernstein: Why Trump’s own appointees are setting the record straight How do presidents get in trouble? Monday’s Jan. 6 committee’s hearing on Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election didn’t focus on that general question, but it did demonstrate something familiar to students of the presidency.
The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jun 15, 2022 Editorial: Liz Cheney's lonely fight against the extremist wing of the GOP It shouldn't make headlines when a member of Congress upholds their sworn oath to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic." But Rep. Liz Cheney, R.-Wyo., stands out as one of the few elected Republicans in Washington willing to put country before…