May 28, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Because its author is Brent Bozell and the venue is Townhall.com, some will dismiss this column as conservative boilerplate.But that would be a mistake. Mr. Bozell’s quotes from mainstream sources (Jake Tapper of ABC and Marc Ambinder of Atlantic Monthly) show...
May 27, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Here’s a provocative review of Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland from RS’s stonezone blog: A new book by Rick Perlstein traces the period between Lyndon Johnson’s triumphant 1964 victory in the near universal belief that there was a national Liberal...
May 26, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Dick Martin, who was Dan Rowan’s suave partner, died yesterday in Santa Monica. He was 86. Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, created and produced by TV comedy legend George Schlatter, was a phenomenal hit when it premiered in January 1968. It ran until 1973...
May 24, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Last night I watched —because it happened to be the most recent arrival from my long and winding Netflix queue—Jean-Luc Goddard’s “missing” 1960 film Le Petit Soldat. The film’s style may be outdated but its subject matter —torture and patriotism as...
May 23, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
As President Bush continues to receive criticism about his recent remarks in a speech to the Knesset in Jerusalem, many are taking a fresh look at the personalities and politics of previous generations. Mr. Bush, speaking on a visit to mark the 60th anniversary of the...
May 21, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Norm Ornstein wrote an appreciation of Edward Kennedy’s Senate career for today’s Roll Call. What has made Kennedy a great Senator? First is his hard work–incredibly hard work. When I worked in the Senate in 1970, I got to know some of the Kennedy...
