Tom Eagleton
OpinionDecember 21, 1997
MISSOURI COMMENTARY; 'TIS THE SEASON TO BE IN DIALOGUEThe current buzzword is "dialogue." Think of it -- even Mohammed Khatami, the president of Iran, has proposed a "thoughtful dialogue" with the United States and the outside world. The fashionable phrase under Lyndon Johnson was "come, let us reason together." In Ji...OpinionDecember 14, 1997
MISSOURI COMMENTARY: TO WIN ELECTIONS: MONEY, ORGANIZATIONThe results of the 1998 congressional elections will depend primarily on two factors: money and voter turnout. If the recent congressional race in Staten Island is a portent, the Republicans will outspend the Democrats significantly. The Democrats have two major fu...OpinionNovember 23, 1997
MISSOURI COMMENTARY: DEMOCRATS STIFLED ON LOW LUNG POWERThe president came to town last week. He is still a young man -- 51 -- but not quite so young as he presented himself in the last election. He appears to be a tired young man. Things that went so well for him in 1996 are not going so well in 1997. Some call his pre...OpinionNovember 16, 1997
MISSOURI COMMENTARY: WHY THE CLASS OF '74 EXITS THE SENATEThree of the more senior Democrats are not seeking re-election after four terms in the U.S. Senate. Had the three decided to attempt to stay on, chances are that at least two would have been elected: Dale Bumpers, D-Ark., and Wendell Ford, D-Ky. John Glenn, D-Ohio,...OpinionNovember 6, 1997
MISSOURI COMMENTARY: NIBBLING THE EAR, OR EATING THE BRAIN?The obvious topic for a column would be the machinations of the stock market. Sine I do not understand the stock market, I had better avoid that topic and discuss once again a topic that is also in the news and that has vexed me for years: money and politics...OpinionOctober 14, 1997
MISSOURI COMMENTARY: CASE IS THE SAME; LAWYER IS DIFFERENTWhen I learned that Mike Tigar would represent Terry Nichols, I realized that his case would be handled in a much different manner than the trial of Timothy McVeigh. I am not saying that the result will be any different. Nichols may also receive the death penalty. ...OpinionSeptember 28, 1997
MISSOURI COMMENTARY: PEACE IN NO TIME IN MIDDLE EASTTime, we are told, heals all wounds. In the Middle East, despite repeated wars and long-standing grievances, time somehow appeared to be on the side of peace. If some weeks went by without bombs and bloodshed, it seemed -- if only briefly -- a bit more like peace t...OpinionSeptember 14, 1997
MISSOURI COMMENTARY: THREE YEARS: ENOUGH TO MAKE A CASE?Ken Starr is the soft-spoken, but determined, independent counsel. He has never been a prosecutor or a defense lawyer. He is, however, investigating for the purpose of possible criminal indictment most everyone in the White House -- from the president and first lad...OpinionAugust 31, 1997
MISSOURI COMMENTARY: VIEW FROM THE HILL OF CITY IN DISARRAYIt's still August, and Paris glitters even though Parisians are away on vacation. Berlin, despite the devastation of war, is reinventing itself as one of the colossal cities of the world. London, along with many other venerable cities in Great Britain, exudes rebir...OpinionAugust 17, 1997
MISSOURI COMMENTARY: WHAT'S THERE TO DO IF PUBLIC IS ASLEEP?The congressional summer recess serves as a halftime intermission for the Senate hearings on campaign finance misdeeds and reform. one would think, after testimony about the activities of Charlie Trie, John Uang and Mr. Wu on the Democratic side and Haley Barbour o...Advertisement
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