Jun 27, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
As Barack Obama coasts to his coronation as the Democratic nominee in late August, he’s managed to convince many that he wears the mantle of Camelot. Toward that end, he’s been chasing Kennedy coattails every bit as much as he has delegates. Some who are clearly...
Jun 27, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Katherine Loker was a woman of seemingly infinite vision, energy, and drive, with a loving heart singularly focused on leaving the world better than she found it through a near-lifetime of her and her beloved late husband Donald’s discerning philanthropy. As a...
Jun 26, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Politico today proudly features a non-story with a misleading headline. (I assume they’re proud of the story because the text is accompanied by a video of reporter Jonathan Martin pretty much reciting it.) The headline is: “John McCain doesn’t work...
Jun 25, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Yesterday morning, toward the end of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, host Mika Brzezinski suppressed a giggle as she introduced Nixonland author Rick Perlstein. Viewers might have been forgiven for assuming the giggle was no different from any of the others that the frothy...
Jun 25, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Frank Langella as President Nixon in White House East Room in Yorba Linda Director Ron Howard’s new film, “Frost/Nixon,” will have its world premiere not in Hollywood but at the London Film Festival in October. With three scenes shot at the Nixon...
Jun 25, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The current on-going review of the history of APPEASEMENT during the 1930s and the lessons, if any, that can be applied to current geopolitics, has reminded some of the Nixonian philosophy of DÉTENTE. And there may appear to be a surface similarity. The argument goes...
