Rich in Goods, But Ragged in Spirit

President Nixon delivers his first inaugural address on January 20, 1969. By Chris Barber Richard Nixon made another telling appearance on one of television’s most compelling dramas of the last ten years. Mad Men, a television series set in the 1960s that centers its...

Richard Nixon and the Duke

President Richard Nixon presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Duke Ellington on the music legend’s 70th Birthday, April 29, 1969. By Chris Barber A close look at President Nixon will reveal a man who grew up with a great sense of admiration for music. An...

When Candor Won the Day

Forty years ago today, President Nixon spoke quite candidly at the Mississippi Economic Council, treating those gathered not only to an economic lesson but allowing them — and those listening on television and radio — to grasp his strategic vision of a new...

Love of the Game: RN and Baseball

Richard Nixon meeting with the 1989 Phillies Coaching Staff at Veteran’s Stadium.   In a 1990 interview on the Today Show, Bryant Gumbel asked President Nixon, “If you hadn’t have gone into politics what would you have done?” President Nixon responded, with a smile:...