A Look at the TV Ratings for ‘Our Nixon’

This aide to Mr. Nixon would send memos to White House staff  regarding audience ratings of the President’s television appearances.  Here is the most recent TV rating I  have come across. CNN’s “Our Nixon,”  broadcast on August 1, 2013 drew 645,000 total viewers in...

RN, on the Media

How the Washington press corps has mellowed since President Nixon’s White House days. Example: President Obama’s most recent press conference (11/14/12) took place eight months since his last one from the East Room. Not once during the session was Mr. Obama asked why...

RN, The Media’s President

President Nixon’s availability to White House correspondents looks great, especially when compared to President Obama’s record.  Who would have guessed today’s White House press corps would be so passive when stiffed by the President, who makes clear he feels...

America’s Royal Couple

I had read on this Website that David and Julie Eisenhower would appear at the National Book Festival on Washington DC’s Mall Saturday, September 22. So I went over to say hi and to get them to sign their book “Going Home to Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D....