Category: Walter Mondale

The ‘Moral Equivalent of War’ Turned on Americans

Commentary The death on Monday at the age of 93 of Walter Mondale—who may go down in history as the last honest Democratic politician (or the last but one, after his old boss, Jimmy Carter)—has taken me for a walk down memory lane: specifically to “the moral equivalent of war.” Remember that? Also known by…


Walter Mondale, Carter’s Vice President, Dies at 93

MINNEAPOLIS—Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost the most lopsided presidential election after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died Monday. He was 93. The death of the former senator, ambassador and Minnesota attorney general was announced in a statement from his family. No cause was…