The Giant — Awake And Supercharged

Today’s International Herald Tribune runs some interesting statistics regarding Chinese national ambitions and directions. Over all…Chinese satisfaction with the country soared in recent years, according to a survey of Chinese adults after the onset of...

Only The Latest Proof The End Of World Is At Hand

Here it is. No other interpretation seems possible. From the publisher’s description it doesn’t sound like a fun filled or instructional base is left uncovered. Who could be better qualified to write a book for the 4-8 year old set than Washington legend...

Houston, We Have A Visitor

Yesterday was the thirty-ninth anniversary of the return to earth of the first two men to walk on the moon — Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin of the Apollo XI crew. The day before yesterday, Dr. Edgar Mitchell, a member of the Apollo XIV crew and the sixth man to...

25 July 1969: The Nixon Doctrine

The day after welcoming the Apollo XI astronauts home from the moon, RN talked with some reporters during a stopover on the mid-Pacific island of Guam. The backstory and the reception of his very few words on that July afternoon have been the subject of speculation on...

The Voice Of Experience On Experience

Our good friend Dick Allen, who served as RN’s foreign policy coordinator during the 1968 campaign, and was present at the creation of the Nixon Administration, has written an interesting piece —“Obama’s Experience Doesn’t Match...