Mar 11, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The sun had just risen over the Pearly Gates when RN threaded his way through the already crowded dining room. As always, the silver was gleaming and the glasses were sparkling and the napery…….everyone wondered how they managed to fold the starched linen napkins,...
Mar 3, 2008 | China, News, The New Nixon
My recent summary of last week’s news failed to recognize an important anniversary . It was thirty-six years ago last Tuesday (26 February) that the Shanghai Communique was signed by President Nixon and Chinese Premier Zhou En-lai. February 22nd, the anniversary of...
Feb 27, 2008 | Foundation News, The New Nixon
I’m sure that, along with hundreds (more likely, thousands) of fortunate formerly young conservatives and writers, I am especially saddened by the news that Bill Buckley died this morning. In 1959, I wrote him a fan letter and was granted an interview for my high...
Feb 21, 2008 | The New Nixon
Having seen it done on other blogs I thought I would try to do a real time running commentary on tonight’s Clinton-Obama debate from Austin. It seemed like a good idea but, like so many of my good ideas, it quickly ran afoul of reality. It turned out that keeping...
Feb 18, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
It’s a great pleasure to welcome The New Nixon to the blogosphere. I think the thirty-seventh president would have been both fascinated by the power this amorphous nowhere-and-everywhere cybersphere now wields, and appalled (but also sometimes at least a little...
