by David M. Shribman Andrew Jackson, once almost universally admired as a personification of refreshing democratic values, now is considered a prosecutor of genocide. Ulysses Grant, once portrayed as a shiftless drunk and political dunce, is a symbol of generosity and prudence. Woodrow ...
Fifty-six years ago in August 1968, Richard Nixon achieved what The New York Times called “the greatest reversal of fortune in American political history.” Times columnist James Reston went further, calling it “the greatest comeback since Lazarus.” This from a newspaper, along with ...
by Martin Schram Sometimes it takes a while for a journalist’s big-deal scoops to be confirmed, on the record. Here’s one about how a pol who was both famous and infamous schemed to create his own crowd-taunting, violence-inciting, sympathy-evoking last-minute October surprise ...