Why was the man with the charts still talking? Because in 1995, he still had a lot of graphs to show us about that “giant… Read More »1995 Archive: Ross Perot

Why was the President of France the most “explosive” leader of the year? Because he decided the best way to celebrate his election was to… Read More »1995 Classic: Jacques Chirac’s Fireworks

Why were politicians actually reading the newspaper? Because the FBI forced the Washington Post to publish a 35,000-word essay that made most Senate speeches look… Read More »1995 Classic: The Unabomber Manifesto

Why did the Balkan peace talks take place in Ohio? Because after years of conflict, the leaders realized that nothing inspires a desire for world… Read More »1995 Legacy: The Dayton Agreement

Why was the German Chancellor so “substantial”? Because he was the “Unity Chancellor” who ate enough bratwurst to keep the entire newly-reunified Germany in business.… Read More »1995 Classic: Helmut Kohl

What was the scariest part of the 1995 White House website? Not the policy papers, but the fact that it took 10 minutes to download… Read More »1995 Classic: The First White House Website

Why was D.C. so crowded in October? Because while politicians were arguing in the Capitol, a million men showed up on the National Mall to… Read More »1995 Vintage: The Million Man March

Why was Bob Dole his own favorite topic in 1995? Because Bob Dole wanted Bob Dole to make sure that Bob Dole was mentioned by… Read More »1995 Archive: Bob Dole’s Third Person

Why was the Senator so grumpy about art? Because in 1995, he spent more time worrying about what was in a museum than what was… Read More »1995 Vintage: Jesse Helms

Why was the UK Prime Minister called “The Grey Man”? Because in 1995, he managed to make a massive party scandal sound as exciting as… Read More »1995 Vintage: John Major