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Alistair Cooke on Bill Clinton’s first term. The Israeli-Palestinian Oslo accords, gays in the military, the North American Free Trade Agreement and attempted healthcare reform.
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Santa Claus or Father Christmas? The origin of the Patron saint of Christmas is explored. Plus, the surprising popularity of a Tickle Me Elm...

A tribute to Mr Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former leader of the UN General Assembly, whose peacekeeping skills were put to the test during the R...

Madeleine Albright becomes the first Secretary of State in America, and investigations reveal a possible chemical cause of Gulf War Syndrome...

Cults of California, tolerance in San Francisco, and the permissive parenting backlash are discussed by Alistair Cooke in this week's Letter...

From California, Alistair Cooke examines the un-politicised institution of Thanksgiving and the changing face of US politics.

After public revelations of cases of sexual violence in the US Army and Navy Alistair Cooke examines the scandal of the sexual harassment of...

US intervention in the Rwandan refugee crisis and the history of President Clinton's press conferences.

The results of the presidential elections and how technology is turning busy television studios into silent cathedrals, as discussed by Alis...

The history Halloween, the origin of the vampire myth and the roaring business performed by pumpkin farmers during the month of October.

A season of disaster, forest fires, tornadoes, earthquakes and leads to a recollection of a vast storm in 1938 which descended on the Northe...

The science of electoral prediction and the possible pitfalls of keeping one ear to the ground following the Dole and Clinton debates.

Vice-presidential responsibilities, the careers of Bob Dole, Dan Quayle and Jack Kemp, and the false predictions of Lord Kelvin, Albert Eins...

The first presidential debate between President Clinton and Mr Dole, and the unique election advantage gifted to incumbent presidents, the p...

Boris Yeltsin's heart-bypass surgery and the cultures of secrecy that have surrounded the heath and governance of gravely ill leaders.

As O J Simpson's civil trial begins Alistair Cooke considers what can be gained from a civil suit and examines the differences in the way th...

The Defense of Marriage Act and the implications it has to same sex marriage, and news from Bob Dole's floundering presidential campaign.

The US cruise missile strike in Iraq, the claims that the first Gulf War was left unfinished and the complexities of the first conflict, as...

The Democratic Party convention returning to Chicago, the history of the city and the 'circus within a plague' of the last, disastrous confe...

The return of Ross Perot as a presidential candidate, the prohibition of third-trimester abortions, the proliferation of guns and the educat...

The history of the party nomination conventions, the switch to the primary election as the method of choosing a presidential candidate, and...
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