This is a must read for those with an interest in contemporary political affairs. Dean, a Goldwater Republican, is interested in authoritarianism within the conservative movement. He begins by looking for a definition of conservatism. This is no mean feat, as the definition is as variable as the...
I have just completed "Blind Ambition: the White House Years" by John W. Dean. As anyone from my generation no doubt remembers, Dean served as White House counsel to Richard Nixon and was a key player in the Watergate scandal. When a friend reviewed this book some time ago, he pointed out that Wa...
Ehrlichman asked my advice as to whether Mitchell and Magruder should be removed from the Reelection Committee. I felt a surge of self-importance—unnoticed, I hoped—at the thought of sitting in judgment on a man of such consequence as Mitchell. “It would be presumptuous of...