George McGovern

The G.I. Generation Accepts a Final Salute

WASHINGTON-Unlike most of the elderly men who assembled in this city for Memorial Day and the openin  read more »

Is Kerry Blowing It?

On an April night in Washington 33 years ago, a tall, slender man in navy combat fatigues tapped me  read more »

As Went Alf Landon, So Did McGovern-But How About Dean?

"I … had my heart broken for the first time."-Nicholas Kristof on the McGovern landslide defeat in  read more »

Prince of the Church, and Prince of the City

When the 1990's were young, I asked a daily newspaper columnist who had described John Cardinal O'Co  read more »

Was It Bull In China's Shop? Time Will Tell

Of all Theodore White's Making of the President books, the one with the oddest shape was the volume  read more »