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1998 Stories by Doug Ireland

• Dark Horse

  published March 11, 1998

  If he runs for president next year, there's little chance Sen. Paul Wellstone will win. But he just might nudge the Democrats slightly to the left. More >>

• Cracks in the Teflon

  published February 25, 1998

  Federal prosecutors have finally turned Jim Guy Tucker--the man who may know Bill and Hillary Clinton's Whitewater secrets. More >>

• Plugged Up

  published February 11, 1998

  Allegations that the president's personal secretary was involved in a cover-up represent the biggest danger yet for Clinton's credibility. More >>

• Starr Crossed

  published February 4, 1998

  The independent counsel has put his foot in it again--and this time he may have destroyed his case. More >>

• Bubba Head

  published January 28, 1998

  There is a certain poetic justice in seeing the president who made Family Values the central theme of his re-election brought low by his own... More >>

• Welfare Cheats

  published January 21, 1998

  Vermont Rep. Bernie Sanders nailed it the other day when he said: "The major banks have made huge sums of money in Asia, and now their loans are... More >>

• Vast Wasteland

  published January 14, 1998

  Public television has become a dumping ground for political hacks and a source of endless Britcom reruns. Increasing its appropriation now would... More >>

• Birds of a Feather

  published January 7, 1998

  Prosecutors were finally able to nail Tyson Foods--one of the three corporate behemoths that launched and sustained Bill Clinton's political career. More >>