By Joe Conason 5/11/98 12:00am

Watergate Rewind: History as Farce

The release of the Webster Hubbell prison tapes offered Republicans a thrilling but terribly brief opportunity to relive Watergate in reverse. Their urge to draw comparisons between current events and the scandal that devastated their party seems almost pathological sometimes, and the suffering this is causing them should not be underestimated. As usual, the most Read More

By Joe Conason 10/27/97 12:00am

Gasbag Pundits Misread Federal Election Laws

Worthy people now assure us, with glee or solemnity, that the White House videotapes prove that Bill Clinton broke the law. Across the spectrum of conventional opinion-from liberal Howell Raines on The New York Times editorial page to conservative William Safire on the same paper’s Op-Ed page-there exists certainty about the President’s misdemeanors. In the Read More