Monica’s Story , by Andrew Morton. St. Martin’s Press,
288 pages, $24.95
Reviled as a tart and liar, derided for her figure, claimed as the
poster victim of sexual harassment and exploited by the media, Monica
Lewinsky went on to win esteem for her spunky, poised independent behavior
before press, prosecutors, grand juries and Read More
Blacks and Jews have often helped one another politically, and this has been the case in the Clinton scandals. We’re constantly being told about black support for the President. “Blacks Stand by a President Who ‘Has Been There for Us,’” The New York Times says. Or Toni Morrison declares that Bill Clinton is black, in Read More
After more than a year of unrelenting smears, gibes and attacks upon Sidney Blumenthal, some people must have been surprised to hear that the Presidential adviser has any friends at all, although in fact he has many. Some might have been even more surprised to learn that among Mr. Blumenthal’s close friends was Christopher Hitchens–a Read More
Ladies and gentlemen, now that the trial is coming to an end, I’d like to introduce my witnesses. I’ll stick with snippets-snippets from the Kenneth Starr grand jury (and in two cases, Paula Jones depositions) never heard before, but contained in Government documents.
The first witness is Monica Lewinsky’s mother. Remember Marcia Lewis breaking down Read More
St. Martin’s Press publicity director John Murphy was talking on the telephone in his 15th-floor office in the Flatiron Building when he interrupted the conversation to exclaim, “Wow! There’s this B-52 over the Hudson! A huge military plane!” He paused. “Maybe Monica’s coming in to see me.”
He was referring, of course, to Monica Lewinsky, Read More
When Henry Hyde accuses his Republican colleagues in the Senate of cowardice, and complains that his impeachment team was allowed only three “pitiful” witnesses, it is hard not to sympathize with the old blowhard. He brought this farcical compromise upon himself, of course, by failing to call factual witnesses before he rammed articles of impeachment Read More
As the herd of Republican lemmings thunders toward its chosen precipice, indignation continues to resound at the abuse of power by then-Gov. William Jefferson Clinton at the expense of Paula Corbin Jones. The recent arousal of Republican interest in the victimization of (yes) Southern Womanhood reeks of Confederate noblesse oblige, a sentiment apparently inapplicable when Read More
Lucy Van Pelt, Examined
Ilana Levine is a 30-year-old actress who has been playing Lucy Van Pelt in the Broadway revival of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown since Jan. 23.
“I think Lucy is a complete narcissist,” Ms. Levine said. “She is a total narcissist! She wants to be the most important thing Read More
Like all addictions, impeachment has 12 steps toward emotional clarity. These were mine:
1. Is Hillary Depressed? Hillary Rodham Clinton is scheduled to speak to the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League on the 26th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. It is at the same time that the question-and-answer phase of the impeachment trial Read More
Of all the arguments offered by Democrats during the impeachment of
President Bill Clinton, the weakest is their objection to calling witnesses
before the Senate. Having denounced the Republicans on the House Judiciary
Committee for failing to take direct factual testimony before they approved
the articles of impeachment, how could the Democrats seriously suggest that Read More
