Dec 7, 2012 | News, Space, The New Nixon
US News & World Report is reporting that the Alaska Transportation Museum has reclaimed a display of moon rocks that went missing after an arson fire in 1973. These moon rocks served as a central part of the international celebration when the Apollo XI astronauts...
Dec 7, 2012 | News, The New Nixon
“Houses of the Presidents: Childhood Homes, Family Dwellings, Private Escapes, and Grand Estates,” written by Hugh Howard, offers glimpses into American presidents’ second-most famous houses, from Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt’s Springwood in Hyde Park to Thomas...
Dec 6, 2012 | News, The New Nixon
Addressing the White House staff the day after his re-election, President Nixon made clear that in his approach to government reform, “There are no sacred cows.” Subsequently, President Nixon directly challenged institutionalized Democratic opposition,...
Dec 5, 2012 | News, The New Nixon
With tensions flaring between Israel and Hamas—the Palestinian based terror organization—it is a perfect opportunity for the United States to look back, and learn from the strategic diplomacy President Nixon pursued to re-stabilize the Middle East after the 1973 Yom...
Dec 4, 2012 | News, Republican Party, The New Nixon
A resident from Henderson, Nevada ponders the GOP’s past success in presidential elections: The last time a Republican won a presidential race without a Nixon or a Bush on the ticket was in 1928, when Herbert Hoover captured the presidency. That was 84 years...
Nov 22, 2012 | News, The New Nixon
For all you history buffs out there, take note of this fun Nixon Thanksgiving trivia: In 1969, Mrs. Nixon became the first – and, thusfar, only – First Lady to issue a Thanksgiving Day proclamation. Though all Presidents since Washington had been issuing proclamations...
