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Rooting for Reagan

by Jonathan Alter January 1, 1981June 7, 2023

Stand By the Non-Event of the Year

by Jonathan Alter June 1, 1980June 7, 2023

Character Counts: Then Senator Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., arrives back home in Hyannis, Mass., after attending the funeral of Mary Jo Kopechne. Kopechne drowned when a car driven by Kennedy went off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island.

Kennedy’s Woman Problem—Women’s Kennedy Problem

by Suzannah Lessard December 1, 1979March 4, 2026

The President and the Press

by James Fallows October 1, 1979February 21, 2023

Why Carter Fails: Taking the Politics Out of Government

by Nicholas Lemann September 1, 1978January 30, 2023

Survival Networks: Staying in Washington

by Nicholas Lemann June 1, 1978January 30, 2023

Jordan, Georgia, and the Establishment

by Nicholas Lemann April 1, 1978January 30, 2023

Bert Lance, the Press, and Company Planes

by Nicholas Lemann November 1, 1977January 23, 2023

Success In America

by Nicholas Lemann August 1, 1977January 22, 2023

How to Get a Job In the New Administration

by Nicholas Lemann January 1, 1977January 18, 2023

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