by Thomas C. Reeves

About the author: Thomas C. Reeves is a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and the author of A Question of Character: A Life of John

F. Kennedy. The president and first lady today face several allegations that challenge their basic integrity and, indeed, their public identities. Mounting evidence about the private and financial conduct of Bill and Hillary Clinton, while in Arkansas and in the White House, could shatter the popularity of the first couple and severely damage, if not destroy, the Clinton presidency.

Potential Infractions

Few would deny that the alleged financial chicanery involving the Whitewater Development Corp. and Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan is a serious matter. And the apparent suicide of Deputy White House Counsel Vincent Foster and the clandestine confiscation of documents...