Chapter 1 Army-McCarthy Hearings 1 --
Chapter 3 Nixon-Watergate 22 --
Chapter 5 Presidents 69 --
Chapter 6 The Clintons 116 --
Chapter 7 George W. Bush and Dick Cheney 139 --
Chapter 8 Gardening 145 --
Chapter 9 Cars, Laptops, and Gadgets 164 --
Chapter 10 Passings 175 --
Chapter 12 Botox, Dieting, Elizabeth Arden 208 --
Chapter 13 TV-Pop Culture 215 --
Chapter 14 Squirrel Wars 220 --
Chapter 16 Jane Austen 234 --
Chapter 17 Washington Star 241 --
Chapter 18 Kissinger 248 --
Chapter 19 John Adams 257 --
Chapter 20 Christmas 262 --
Chapter 21 Postal Service 269 --
Chapter 22 Many Subjects 274.
Army-McCarthy hearings. Welch defends one friend and finds he's made many, June 10, 1954 -- Kennedys. What we shall remember, November 23, 1963 -- A reporter recals the dash, glamour, glitter, charm, November 23, 1963 -- They were waiting at the airport, November 24, 1963 -- A youn widow brings meaning to tragic chaos, November 25, 1963 -- The funeral had that special Kennedy touch, November 26, 1963 -- A gifted man is gone, June 9, 1968 -- The eternal Jackie, May 22, 1994 -- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis kept her thoughts high, May 24, 1994 -- John Kennedy measured by what he was, not what he did, July 22, 1999 -- Nixon-Watergate. Walking on eggs, January 6, 1974 -- Situation comedy, February 3, 1974 -- A committee votes, July 18, 1974 -- Dr. Ford's attempt at healing merely left wounds, September 7, 1974 -- Watergate finale: time to cast stones is at hand, December 30, 1974 -- For a lot of people, it has changed everything, January 2, 1975 -- Saying good-bye to a political adversary, May 1, 1994 -- Twenty years later, Watergate still offers lessons to learn, July 26, 1994 -- Colson's view of Nixon as peacemaker rings false, January 2, 1996 -- Nixon's "sick little world" - uncovered at archives, February 27, 1997 -- Do we have to pay again for Nixon's excesses, April 13, 1997 -- War. An obscene spectacle in Vietnam, April 1, 1975 -- Ford Stance reveals his unreal view, April 4, 1975 -- Guts needed to abstain on Vietnam, April 7, 1975 -- Bush's telegenic halftime war, January 22, 1991 -- McNamara's truths are too little, too late, April 13, 1995 -- Bob Kerrey's burden, May 3, 2001 -- Talk of war darkens a sunny piazza in Italy, October 13, 2002 -- Mistaken patriots, October 17, 2002 -- I'm persuaded, February 6, 2003 -- To my very persuasive readers, March 6, 2003 -- Bragging about what we can do; boasting about what we won't, March 9, 2003 -- Presidents. Johnson loves his job, November 1, 1964 -- Johnson "kidnaps" Lincoln, February 14, 1965 -- Power goes with Johnson, August 8, 1965 -- Johnson's Vietnam dilemma, August 20, 1967 -- The new Lyndon Johnson, November 26, 1967 -- Johnson once again a leader, April 9, 1968 -- Playboy interviews: Carter goes too far, September 21, 1976 -- Carter better pray Nixon can't maket it, January 4, 1977 -- Jerry leaves Jimmy feeling pretty blue, April 22, 1977 -- Washington ought to split up and get out of town, July 22, 1979 -- A farewell without the ambiguities, January 18, 1981 -- The hostage crisis dogs Carter to the last, January 20, 1981 -- Let Reagan's friends buy him a missile, December 6, 1981 -- The Reagan boutique: designer lifelines, January 24, 1982 -- Dr. Reagan's prescription: try not to think about the pain, January 28, 1982 -- Reader's Digest: a a bland magazine for "boors" and presidents, November 23, 1982 -- Answers raise more questions, January 14, 1988 -- The babbling Bush, September 29, 1988 -- Reagan, rosy to the end, January 15, 1989 -- When the breeze dies down, January 24, 1989 -- Two contrasting Bushes, August 16, 1990 -- George Bush, come home, January 8, 1991 -- The Clintons. At last, August 18, 1993 -- A few words of advice for a sister scribbler, June 28, 1995 -- Broadway revival, August 10, 1995 -- The spoils, June 18, 1998 -- Impeachment may be too good for him, September 20, 1998 -- Enough of Starr's smut, September 24, 1998 -- Community service could be Clinton's penalty and salvation, December 25, 1998 -- Joyful Senate spends time praising its own, February, 1999 -- Dr. Hillary's diagnosis, August 5, 1999 -- "Can't help lovin' dat man", August 12, 1999 -- Coal comfort, December 23, 1999 -- George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Presidents-elect nasty and nice, December 7, 2000 -- Hardly a parsing score, February 25, 2001 -- Bush needs to be an American before a Texan, August 25, 2002 -- Gardening. On tending one's own garden not long enough, August 29, 1982 -- August: the month when dreams are trampled, August 25, 1991 -- Flower power, May 16, 1993 -- Summer gardens, like politics, are full of ragged blooms, August 27, 1995 -- This year's garden pest: deer, July 13, 1997 -- Nature's withering glance humbles even prolific gardeners, August 29, 1999 -- Who's sorry now, April 15, 2001 -- Quite contrary, August 5, 2001 -- Hope grows eternal in the gardener's heart, September 1, 2002 --
Cars, laptops, and gadgets. Agnes, meet Mercedes, August 9, 1987
No contest: blenders 3, columnist 0, August 7, 1988
The rocky road to "loving" a portable computer, May 24, 1992
Not the cellular one, May 9, 1993
Stop the information superhighway, I want to get off, March 6, 1994
Passings. Dr. King's people bid him farewell, April 10, 1968
The unconquerable patriot, December 18, 1989
Thurgood Marshall: the justice who would not quit, January 28, 1993
Tip the top, January 9, 1994
Farewell to my best friend, May 10, 1994
The world weeps for a princess, September 4, 1997
World looks less and less a place for genuine Christian, January 31, 1999
Evolution of a newspaperwoman, July 19, 2001
Our leaders could take a lesson from the Queen Mum, April 11, 2002
Boston fans mourn their touchy baseball king, July 14, 2002
Dogs. A hot, nonpolitical story, December 2, 1984
A kinder, gentler watchdog, December 25, 1988
White House shenanigans don't extend to Buddy, March 22, 1998
Lesson for the New Year: look to the dogs!, January 2, 2000
The saddest loss, January 10, 2002
Botox, dieting, Elizabeth Arden. Farwell, garden of Arden, August 12, 1990
Italian spa food isn't for the weak, November 27, 1996
Mirthless laughter perfectly suited to Washington, July 21, 2002
TV-pop culture. Cheers and trembling, May 23, 1993
Surviving reality, July 23, 2000
Squirrel wars. Blasted squirrels!, June 2, 1985
How I lost my war with the squirrels, August 11, 1985
Our president is soft on squirrels, May 22, 1988
Ingrate flowers and drunken squirrels, July 9, 1989
Birds. To foil a mockingbird, August 13, 1983
Charity for the birds, January 22, 1984
Jane Austen. Spirited away by Jane Austen, July 12, 1981
I prefer Jane Austen's, July 11, 1982
Wisdom, not heaving bosoms, December 16, 1984
Washington Star. A paper worth saving, July 26, 1981
It was home, and the luck of my life, August 7, 1981
Light from a dead star, August 4, 1991
Kissinger. White House cowboy, November 26, 1972
What's good for Kissinger is good, April 22, 1975
Kissinger: incredible shrinking cabinet man, August 24, 1976
Kissinger for Christmas, December 5, 2002
John Adams. Dear John, this will never reach you, April 25, 1976
Adams family values, July 4, 1993
Christmas. Merry Xmas, December 19, 1982
A Christmas card from Prince Blandar, December 16, 1990
Swamped by the Yuletide, December 19, 1993
Postal service. Out of touch, March 24, 1988
The day the mall stopped, July 2, 1989
Many subjects. On the matter of Red Smith and his editors, January 15, 1980
Gene Pickers should seek Mr. Niceguy, March 9, 1980
Exit Walter, as good as ever, March 8, 1981
Take a left at the crater, May 30, 1982
Whatever happened to English?, September 1, 1985
The view from the sofa, November 30, 1986
Bork's justice, September 17, 1987
A liberal and proud of it, October 30, 1988
The Dough Boys, October 12, 1989
What cards those Trumps are, February 18, 1990
Conviction of their courage, June 28, 1990
Barry putting his trial on trial, July 3, 1990
The politics of Peter Pan, May 26, 1991
Fast times at trend central, June 9, 1991
Patriotism is in the eye of the beholder, July 4, 1991
Bad guesses during the Thomas hearings, October 20, 1991
Children caught in bureaucrats' legal battle, September 22, 1994
Charles and Di as apple pie, October 23, 1994
FDR's zest could energize Clinton the victim, April 16, 1995
Diana's BBC interview as a case of indecent exposure, November 26, 1995
New memorial doesn't reflect Roosevelt's greatness, May 1, 1997
Pizazz in the piazza, September 9, 2001
Beyond recognition, September 16, 2001
Loved letters lost, October 28, 2001
I, patient, December 9, 2001
Catholic Church still in its defensive mode, April 25, 2002
Amateur sleuths have lost their chance to snoop, July 28, 2002
Bloosoms and bombs, March 16, 2003
