Jan 12, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
As President George W. Bush conducted the final press conference of his tenure in the White House today, he was relaxed and reflective. He is clearly looking forward to riding off into the Texas sunset to enjoy life as a member of the former-presidents-club. He...
Jan 1, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
With apologies to Dion and his now 40-year-old song – Abraham, Martin, and John – I see the ghosts of three past presidents standing slightly off stage as the nation watches the approach of inauguration day. The ancient Israelites tended to name-drop a...
Dec 25, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
To all of my friends and colleagues at TNN – I want to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas with a thought or two about the sounds of the season. What’s your favorite Christmas song? That’s a very subjective question. Some like to hear about “chestnuts...
Dec 17, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Several years ago, David Cornwell (better known by his nom de plume, John Le Carré) told an interviewer that, “espionage was not really something exclusive and clandestine. It was actually the currency of the Cold War. Spies were the poor bloody infantry of the Cold...
Dec 12, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
As President-Elect Barack Obama moves toward the transition finish line, he has been busy putting his cabinet together, collecting what is now routinely referred to as a “team of rivals.” But this may be more than a reference to the fact that he is trying to avoid...
