Richard Nixon
State of US vote system puts ours in good light
The only upside of watching US elections and electoral processes is, as Peter Hartcher says, to develop or renew one’s own appreciation of Australia’s electoral system
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Frydenberg 2.0 presents a problem for the Liberals
A faction in Kooyong has started to agitate for Mr Josh Frydenberg to be the Liberal candidate in this seat. The current selected candidate, Amelia Hamer, won the right to be the candidate with a large majority vote nine weeks ago. Will we next hear that she has “generously” stepped aside for Mr Frydenberg? Being a woman, she must know what action is expected of her.
Opinion
Donald Trump
Why do Bible-bashing Republicans love sinful Trump? Because he won’t do a Nixon
For the hard right of the Republican Party, disgraced president Richard Nixon made only one mistake: resigning. Their new hero would never do that.
- by Bill Wyman
Analysis
US politics
Trump is no modern-day Nixon and there is no sign of ‘tranquillity’ returning to the US
Unlike Richard Nixon during Watergate, Republicans remain largely in Donald Trump’s corner, even as he heads into an election year facing three criminal trials.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg dies
Daniel Ellsberg, the US military analyst who leaked the classified Pentagon Papers that revealed government deception about the Vietnam War, has died.
- by Bill Trott
From the Archives, 1972: Watergate revisited
On this day in 1972, Washington police apprehended five burglars at the office of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate complex. The break-in led to an investigation that revealed multiple abuses of power by President Richard M. Nixon. His attempt to have the CIA tell the FBI to lay off the investigation was the smoking gun that led to his decision to resign. Nixon knew that if he did not quit he would be impeached. He announced his resignation on August 8,1974.
- by Ben Barber
Opinion
Good Weekend
Watergate revisited: ‘Scandal igloos’ evoke ’70s vibe – even without the cheese fondue
Decades collide as friends gather, lurid-coloured cocktails in hand, in a COVID-safe plastic dome at the hotel forever linked with the downfall of a president.
- by Amelia Lester
China versus the US: 50 years of friendships and feuds
The two nations are right now locked in open rivalry for world domination - but for many years, they tried to be allies.
- by Tom Compagnoni
‘Captured our hearts’: The Queen and the 13 presidents
Over the past seven decades, the Queen has met every US president, bar one.
- by Karla Adam and Jennifer Hassan
Opinion
Defence
Defend Australia first: why John Curtin might salute Peter Dutton
Defence Minister Peter Dutton has indicated an important shift in Australia’s defence posture.
- by Peter FitzSimons
G. Gordon Liddy, operative convicted in Watergate scandal, dies
With his intense stare, cannonball head, bristling moustache and machine-gun style of speaking, Liddy looked like the archetypal bad guys he later depicted on TV.
- by Michael Dobbs
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