Dec 4, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Forty years ago today, RN held a ceremony at which Chief Justice Burger swore in the first administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency: William Ruckelshaus. RN said: “We are very proud to have had him in the administration in a very distinguished...
Nov 24, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
In The Smithsonian, Peter Carlson recounts the famous 1970 meeting between RN and Elvis Presley. He quotes Egil Krogh’s notes: “I’m on your side,” Elvis told Nixon, adding that he’d been studying the drug culture and Communist...
Nov 19, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
The New York Times reports: Last spring, Seth Grahame-Smith scored a best seller with “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” in which the 16th president slashes away at legions of undead political enemies. Now, another president is enjoying some hot paranormal action,...
Nov 6, 2010 | Domestic Policy, News, The New Nixon
The GOP resurgence calls to mind the 1966 midterm, another successful year for the party. RN was a big part of that success, as Warren Weaver wrote in The New York Times on November 13 of that year: The political equivalent of the batting championship for the 1966...
Oct 17, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
The headline reads ” Rich Little Says Today’s Celebs Are Tough to Imitate: Rich Little says he’s perfected his impersonation of U.S. President Barack Obama, but admits it took him awhile to nail it.The Ottawa-born funnyman, in Toronto on Saturday to...
