Doing The Time Warp Again (And Again)

Tomorrow, on Halloween, a few minutes after 6 am, on a major cable channel, the thirty-seventh president of the United States will intone the  passage of his August 8, 1974 speech to the nation that starts, “I am not a quitter. To leave office before my term is...

Video: William Voegeli on America’s Welfare State

Claremont McKenna, Henry Salvatori Center Visiting Scholar William Voegeli was at the Nixon Library on Thursday to discuss his new book, “Never Enough: America’s Limitless Welfare State,” a close look at the current state of American dependence on...

10.28.1972 – RN’s ‘One America’ Radio Address

“Today,” President Nixon began, “there are some who say that that [American] spirit is dead – that we no longer have the strength of character, idealism, and faith we once had.” That was October 1972; this is October 2010. America was in the midst of a deciding...

10.27.1970 – RN Signs Comprehensive Anti-Drug Act

This week is Red Ribbon Week, a national week of awareness in America about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. While it is true that Red Ribbon Week did not officially come into being until the mid-1980s, in a coincidental twist, President Richard Nixon signed the...

Whittier College Alum Discusses Nixon Legacy

From Sandra Molina of the Whittier Daily News: WHITTIER – Geoff Shepard is the remaining living individual with the most experience involved in the intricacies of Richard Nixon’s Watergate defense. He served five years in the Nixon White House, having...

Video: David and Julie Eisenhower Appear on CBS

The RN’s daughter and Ike’s grandson were featured in an exclusive interview on the latest CBS Sunday Morning. The two spoke about Going Home to Glory their new book about the final years of the iconic World War II General, his influence on President Nixon...