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RN and the Formation of the EPA
The establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970 was one of the most important actions of Richard Nixon’s presidency, setting up an arm of the Federal government’s executive branch that now employs more than 17,000 people and operates a budget of...
June 12, 1971 (And a Favorite Photo)
Thirty-nine years ago today Tricia Nixon married Edward Finch Cox in the White House Rose Garden, in one of the truly most memorable moments in the Executive Mansion's history. Last month, Mrs. Cox visited the White House for a Mother's Day tea, as described some days...
Expletive Deleted
President Obama's recent TV statement about kicking posterior led a number of journalists to muse about previous presidents who used bad language in the White House. Thanks to the tapes, of course, we know about RN's unfortunate weakness for expletives. But as a...
Ben Stein on the Malek Controversy
Fred Malek, White House special assistant during the Nixon Administration and later RN's Deputy Director of OMB, and also finance co-chairman of Sen. John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign, was appointed last month by Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell to head a...
Trivial Pursuit and the Nixon Era
Let's get out that familiar box with the elegant script on top, open it, and pick a card at random. The question reads: What was Canada's foremost cultural export of the 1980s? As hard as it may be to believe, the answer is not Michael J. Fox, but surely Trivial...
Nixon, Brown, and the 1960 California Primary
Fifty years ago, a fellow named Brown was on the Democratic primary ballot in California. Governor Pat Brown, father of Jerry, was seeking to be his state's favorite son at the party's presidential nominating convention. Vice President Nixon was unopposed on the GOP...
Video: Richard Nixon and the Origins of Welfare Reform
The panel discussion about the welfare-reform initiatives of the Nixon era, which was held at George Washington University on Wednesday, had many useful lessons for today's policy-makers. The fifth Nixon Legacy Forum was co-sponsored by the Richard Nixon Presidential...
John Price on President Nixon’s Welfare Reform Initiatives
[youtube https://youtu.be/iJdhi2mDKfo] June 2, 2010: Former Nixon Special Assistant for Urban Affairs John Price discusses the Thirty-Seventh President's initiatives in Welfare Reform.
Robert Patricelli on President Nixon’s Welfare Reform Initiatives
[youtube https://youtu.be/L0xWvW65bJ0] June 2, 2010: Former Nixon Deputy Undersecretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Robert Patricelli discusses the Thirty-Seventh President's initiatives in Welfare Reform.
Lee Huebner Discusses President Nixon’s Welfare Reform Initiatives
[youtube https://youtu.be/BybVdnREZbc] June 2, 2010: George Washington University Professor of Communication and Nixon White House Deputy Director of Research and Writing Lee Huebner discusses President Nixon's Welfare Reform policies.