Mixologist-In-Chief

The Daily Princetonian published an article today about the imminent departure of Jim Kelly (a member of Princeton’s Class of ’76) as Time’s managing editor. In the course of reminiscing about his long career with the magazine, Kelly recounts this...

A Visit To The Crater

The Everett, Washington Herald today has an interview with RN’s brother Ed Nixon concerning his new book The Nixons: A Family Portrait. In the article, Ed explains that it was partly thanks to his famed elder sibling that he developed an interest in the field in...

Bowling For Atonement

The one truly embarrassing moment in President Obama’s sit-down with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show came when Jay asked the Chief Executive if he had followed through on his promise, often articulated on the campaign trail, to replace the bowling lane installed at...

RN’s Hundred Days

David Greenberg, author of Nixon’s Shadow and history professor at Rutgers, has an essay up at the Wall Street Journal’s site comparing the expectations generated by President Obama’s first hundred days (or the first 60 or so that have gone by so...

Natasha Richardson RIP And Stacy Keach Update

A few minutes ago word reached the major news media outlets that actress Natasha Richardson had died at the age of 45, a few days after suffering head injuries in a skiing accident. Though her movie appearances were generally in out-of-the-way, little-seen films...