Jul 24, 2013 | Communism, Foreign Policy, Kitchen Debate, News, Russia, Soviet Union
In 2009, William Safire—former speech writer for President Nixon—recalled in his New York Times piece “The Cold War’s Hot Kitchen,” the gaggle of reporters and general pandemonium surrounding the 1959 debate between then Vice President Nixon, and Soviet Premier...
Jul 24, 2013 | Domestic Policy, Foreign Policy, News, Nixon Today, Vietnam
President Nixon with conscripted troops in S. Vietnam, 1969. This month marks 40 years since the formal transition from mandatory, conscripted military service to all-volunteer armed services, which was initiated under President Nixon. The road there was bumpy and...
Jul 23, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
Reading the introductory remarks of Carol Browner at the dedication ceremony of the EPA building in Washington DC that took place on July 17, one could easily believe the agency is only twenty years old, and a product of the Clinton Administration. “Twenty years ago...
Jul 22, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today
We all know Richard Nixon as the 37th President of the United States. But did you know he has appeared as a character in more than 184 comics? Ranging from Batman to Superman, shifting from hero to villain, President Nixon has been a central force in many comic book...
Jul 22, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News
“No qualified student who wants to go to college should be barred by lack of money. That has long been a great American goal; I propose that we achieve it now.”- President Nixon March 19, 1970 In a move President Nixon would have gladly approved of, members of the...
