Op-ed: Watergate scandal could have ended differently

Op-ed: Watergate scandal could have ended differently

Fifty years after Watergate, democracy faces serious threats in the United States and across the world. The events preceding and culminating in the insurrection on January 6 were unprecedented in American history. Authoritarian regimes have come to power in many countries. Now, more than ever, reflecting on what worked during Watergate – and which reforms are still…

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Colbert Hosts Nixon White House Aides Buchanan and Dean for 40th Anniversary of Resignation

Stephen Colbert spoke to two former Nixon White House officials during the week of the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s resignation from office following the Watergate break-in and subsequent cover-up. Pat Buchanan, a former Nixon speech writer and now a political commentator, has gone on to run for president himself twice as an arch-conservative,…