In Search Of Nixon….In County Kildare

Last October at TNN, Jonathan Movroydis posted a link to a program on Irish radio commemorating the 40th anniversary of President Nixon’s visit to that green isle from whose soil his ancestors sailed to America.  Yesterday at the site irishcentral.com, John Fay,...

RN On Doctor Who This Weekend

As most couch potatoes know, a thousand years from now, Richard Nixon (or at least his head preserved in a transparent jar) will be completing his third term as President of Earth, as depicted in Matt Groening and David X. Cohen’s animated series Futurama....

21 April 1969: RN + DR = OEO

Forty-two years ago today —on 21 April 1969— President Nixon announced his choice of a thirty-six year old  Chicago congressman —Donald H. Rumsfeld— to head the troubled and troubling Office of Economic Opportunity.   RN turned out to be both a...

Writing For 37

Writing For 37: White House Speechwriters Remember Writing For Richard NixonNixon Legacy ForumGeorge Washington UniversityApril 11, 2011 “Writing for 37,” features five distinguished wordsmiths who began working with Richard Nixon on his 1968 campaign, and...