FIRST LADIES Archive

There’s Something About Joans
AstroTurf and Internet sock puppets are valued tools in the hope chest of propaganda, but one Reagan Library fan has fallen back on a steady method appropriate for America’s Sunset President - the letter to the editor from a deeply concerned citizen.
Joan Marie Patsky is a realtor who donates to the Library, […]

Let’s Play House
In the course of reviewing the surprising amount of action a young Doris Day got in her Hollywood years, the author of “Doris Day: Reluctant Star” has America’s Girl Next Door bonking future president Ronald Reagan, her co-star in “The Winning Team.”

“The two would sneak off to his apartment […]

No Greater Friend, No Worse Enemy
Jackie Calmes reports a glitch in the Democrats unity stampede:
“Some in the Clinton camp also noted a possible problem for a party-unity ticket: Bill Clinton may balk at releasing records of his business dealings and big donors to his presidential library.”

Purdum Pulls The Trigger
The latest on Bill “my office is in Harlem” Clinton’s adventures is served up in Vanity Fair’s July issue by the magazine’s own star map of Washington, Todd Purdum.
It’s a delightful medley of old scandal and new.
Reviewing Clinton pants-down matters, Purdum reports on “… recent high-end […]

Craggy!
South Dakota’s favorite sons look down on an aspirant.