When he died, at the age of 100, in 2021, George P. Shultz was widely hailed as a consummate pragmatist who represented a type of sober conservatism that has been almost entirely eradicated in the modern Republican Party. A charter member of the foreign policy establishment, he occupied four cabinet positions, including secretary of labor […]
Iran-Contra Affair
Posted inPolitics
Don’t Run Joe. Second Terms Suck.
A pundit pleads with the president: You’re better off not running.
Posted inPolitics
The Watergate Anniversary and the Liz and Dick Cheney Paradox
The Watergate scandal, now 50, was the executive and congressional showdown of its time. Today, as Liz Cheney investigates Donald Trump, her father bears much of the blame for Trump’s imperial presidency.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Does the NRA Really Know Oliver North’s History?
If NRA members knew the real story of Ollie North, they wouldn’t want him as their president.
Posted inSeptember 1988
The Committee That Couldn’t Shoot Straight
The Iran-contra committee preened before the televison lights, dished out immunity, let lackluster lawyers lead the charge—and let North & Co. off the hook.
