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Frum/Perlstein Dialogue
Today I acquired a copy of Rick Perlstein's second book, Nixonland, which Scribner is to publish May 12 (though the book is already being shipped at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble's website). Starting tomorrow afternoon I'll be blogging about it in several...
Franklin and Winston Were the Bad Guys – REALLY?
Winston Churchill seldom, if ever, struggled with a lack of self-confidence. When he was in his early thirties he remarked: “We are all worms. But I do believe I am a glowworm.” So years later when he said, “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it,” I’m...
Keystone Exit Data – What It Suggests
For those of us who have believed for a while that Sen. Barack Obama would be a more vulnerable Democratic nominee than Sen. Hillary Clinton, the exit-poll data that emerged in yesterday's Pennsylvania primary provides some ammo. He emerged as the clear leader in only...
Talking Sense to the American People
Why do poliical pundits, who clearly know better, promulgate simplistic and unrealistic explanations of the phenomena they cover? Maybe they'd rather raise red herrings than supply answers; once you've given the answer what more is there to write on the subject? Or...
LA Times Wrong On Heston’s Vietnam Position
On April 14, I sent the following letter wto the Los Angeles Times. Unless I missed it, the letter has not been published, which indicates the errors the Times made in a previous article will be left uncorrected: To the Editor: Tina Daunt wrote many accurate and...
The Great Pennsylvania Debate – in McKeesport
Presidential debates, especially the intra-party variety we are witnessing these days, are frequent to the point of becoming common place, if not benign. They seem to prove what Marshall McLuhan said about medium equaling message. The recent gotcha-fest between...
You Say Detente, I Say Entente
Father Taylor is away for a couple of days, so allow me to take this opportunity to debase the integrity of The New Nixon by spreading a possibly frivolous and probably scurrilous rumor. The newly annointed Chairman of the United Moscow party may have decided to...
Sixty Years of Snobbery
As with so much in American politics, Obama's "guns or religion" gaffe calls to mind an episode in the life of Richard Nixon. As a young House member, he investigated communist spy Alger Hiss. During a hearing, Hiss mocked Nixon's background: “I attended Harvard Law...
Was It Time?
"Peace at the center": RN smiling at Marie Abplanalp's wedding Saturday, April 16, 1994 was a great day in the life of the 37th President. Marie Abplanalp, daughter of his friend Bob, was getting married in Bronxville, New York. President Nixon was a special guest at...
The Preacher King: His Last Year
Attending a national conference on preaching here in the Washington, D.C. area this past week, I noted many references to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as the recently past 40th anniversary of his tragic assassination was referred to by speaker after speaker. King was...