Richard Nixon’s California embarrassment
How did a man with one of the highest profiles in American politics – someone who’d just come within a hairsbreadth of winning the presidency in 1960 – flop so badly in 1962?
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Author: Pat Murphy
The legend of King Arthur is a gift that keeps on giving
Although it may be a fabrication, the story has powerful resonance
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The past is a foreign country. Just ask Keith Richards
The attitudinal changes over the past half-century are little short of astounding
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Hollywood icons and the Second World War
MURPHY: Some Hollywood legends actually participated in the reality of war, rather than merely on celluloid
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Could Jean Charest shatter the Conservatives?
So far, disaffection among the Conservative base exceeds his attractiveness to non-Conservatives
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