Apr 8, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Politico’s Ben Smith reports an anonymous White House staffer’s explanation for President Obama’s controversial “bow” to Saudi King Abdullah: “It wasn’t a bow. He grasped his hand with two hands, and he’s taller than...
Apr 3, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The bow heard round the world: Of course President Obama is a tall man with superb posture. From his height a normal upper torso tilt of recognition —and, yes, respect— can look like a borderline obeisance. And before the dudgeon about Mr. Obama...
Apr 2, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
You no longer have to read about Prince Philip’s propensity to put his Lobb-shod foot in his mouth. You can actually see and hear him in action at his first meeting yesterday morning with what the British press is now calling “the coolest couple on...
Apr 2, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Frank Gehry —he of the Guggenheim Bilbao, the Disney Music Hall in LA, and the Experience Music Project in Seattle (not to mention the armchairs made of cardboard packing crates)— has been selected to design the Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, D.C....
