“Mailer said he wanted to establish something he called 'the Fifth Estate,' essentially an organization to investigate whether the United States was slipping into totalitarianism through a series of carefully manipulated conspiracies. He said it was the best political idea he ever had”
Originally published July 12, 1973
“Even before he had formally announced his candidacy, Rudy’s sweetheart relationship with the press spawned a wet-kiss orgy of free publicity”
Originally published August 29, 1989
“Mailer said at one point that it was necessary to forge a ‘hip coalition of the right and the left’ ”
Originally published April 24, 1969
Nixon Biographer John A. Farrell gets you up to speed on what's in store for the president
June 13, 2017