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Home » Watergate

Tag: Watergate

Posted inColumns & Opinion

The Epstein cover-up

by Leonard C. Goodman September 4, 2019August 18, 2021

We owe it to Jeffrey Epstein’s victims not to let the investigation of his crimes die with him.

Posted inNews & Politics

Slow Burn re-creates the daily barrage of information during the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal

by Brianna Wellen October 23, 2018August 18, 2021

And it asks the question, which details from the current administration will still matter 20 years from now?

Posted inBlogs

Nautical thrillers and mysteries set sail on FilmStruck this week

by Patrick Friel March 27, 2018August 18, 2021

The streaming-cinema channel presents features by Antonioni, Arthur Penn, and Rene Clement.

Posted inBlogs

In firing Comey, Trump pulls a Nixon—again

by Ben Joravsky May 10, 2017August 18, 2021

By sacking Comey, Trump shows a defiance of FBI investigators that even Nixon didn’t dare.

Posted inBlogs

Remembering William Gaines, the journalist obsessed with Watergate’s Deep Throat

by Michael Miner July 27, 2016August 18, 2021

William Gaines falsely ID’d Woodward and Bernstein’s source—then spent the next several decades examining where he went wrong.

Jamie Vann, Philip Earl Johnson, Kyle Hately, Mark Richard, Demetrious Troy, and Dennis William Grimes
Posted inArts & Culture

Timeline Theatre’s based-on-fact play makes a contradictory case

by Tony Adler October 8, 2014August 18, 2021

Danny Casolaro Died for You, TimeLine Theatre’s based-on-fact play, makes a contradictory case.

Posted inArts & Culture

Rick Perlstein crosses The Invisible Bridge between Nixon and Reagan

by Mick Dumke July 31, 2014August 18, 2021

In a new book, Chicago historian and Nation writer Rick Perlstein continues to chart America’s rightward shift.

Posted inBlogs

Don’t believe that historical marker! The republic wasn’t saved at the Deep Throat garage.

by Michael Miner September 3, 2013August 19, 2021

Watergate skeptics debunk the historical marker at the garage where Deep Throat, Woodward met.

Posted inBlogs

Listen to Bob Woodward live Wednesday evening

by Michael Miner June 13, 2012August 19, 2021

Bob Woodward talks about Watergate

Posted inBlogs

Sometimes a Sophoclean melodrama is just a flowerpot

by Michael Miner May 8, 2012August 19, 2021

Did Deep Throat ever make Ben Bradlee uncomfortable? A new biography says yes. Bob Woodward protests.

Posted inBlogs

Deeper into Deep Throat

by Michael Miner April 16, 2012August 19, 2021

Barry Susman critiques Leak; Max Holland responds

Posted inBlogs

Woodward and Bernstein respond to Leak

by Michael Miner April 4, 2012August 19, 2021

Woodward and Bernstein criticize Leak. Author Max Holland responds.

Posted inBlogs

What made Deep Throat cough up?

by Michael Miner April 2, 2012August 19, 2021

Max Holland makes a case for why Mark Felt became Deep Throat

Posted inBlogs

Nixon, Robertson, and reefer

by Ben Joravsky March 9, 2012August 19, 2021

Looks like it will take the Republicans to end the war on drugs.

Posted inBlogs

Clifford Irving and the Watergate break-in

by Jonathan Rosenbaum April 6, 2007August 19, 2021

Was Clifford Irving’s phony autobiography of Howard Hughes partly responsible for the Watergate break-in?

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