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64Did the Voters Buy a GOP Pig in a Poke?
by William F. Torpey
Newt Gingrich, the freewheeling, big-mouthed loose cannon who was elected Speaker of the House in 1995, used his position to lord it over the Democrats by bulldozing his so-called "Contract With America" through the lower legislative body of Congress. In the end, it failed. published 5 months ago
64Jury System in the U.S. Put on Trial
by William F. Torpey
The American judicial system, strained by rising crime rates over the last few decades, has become a hot topic of conversation. The O.J. Simpson murder trial and the crime bill Clinton signed into law have put the system on the front burner -- and on trial. published 5 months ago
70Where Is the Crisis?
by William F. Torpey
President Clinton already had been in office for five years when his political opponents instigated investigations against him for everything and anything. Although there was no credible evidence against him, TV commentators drummed up a phony "Crisis in the White House." published 2 weeks ago
58It's Best to Work Together
by William F. Torpey
In the aftermath of Bill Clinton's election victory in 1996, Republicans relentlessly continued their unwarranted attacks on the president -- and continued full speed their efforts to dismantle Social Security and Medicare. Fortunately, so far, they've failed. published 3 months ago
66Whitewater: A Tempest in a Teapot
by William F. Torpey
When the word "Whitewater" entered my vocabulary, I greeted it with incredulity. How could the Clintons, I wondered, be accused of wrongdoing connected with the Savings & Loan scandal? After all, the S&L debacle was a product of the Reagan Administration. published 6 months ago
60Clinton Deserves a Break
by William F. Torpey
Dirty politics is as old as Moses, Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. But when it rears its ugly head, it's always dirty pool. President Clinton, in 1994, was a victim of such tactics, but he was in good company -- Harry Truman, for one. published 5 months ago
64Let's Press for a Public Commission
by William F. Torpey
You may not have noticed, but just about everyone has been putting his hands into your pockets lately, and theyu're coming out a lot richer -- the phone company, the utilities and the government among them. Isn't it time we do something about it? published 7 months ago
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