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RIP Joe Frazier, Champ Of The Nixon Era
The late 1960s and early 1970s - in other words, what we now call the Nixon years - were very eventful ones in the history of American sports. So many names and dates, sublime and heroic and sometimes comic, come to mind. Bobby Riggs facing Billie Jean King before...
Chris Matthews Compares Obama And Nixon
For nearly fifteen years, television viewers have watched politico-turned-journalist Chris Matthews deliver his impressive lungpower on the talk show Hardball, first on CNBC, then MSNBC. Probably every block in the country has at least one resident who can do a...
Virginia H. Knauer, 1915-2011
On October 16, Virginia H. Knauer died at her home in Washington; only late last week did obituaries start to appear from coast to coast noting her passing. Ms. Knauer had a long and distinguished career, which had among its highlights the fact that, from 1969 until...
Just Published: Legacy and Vision Winter 2011
Featuring news about the upcoming Holiday Festival of Trains, future Richard Nixon Legacy Forums, and the Pat Nixon Centennial Celebration:
Madame Li, Daughter of Chinese President, Screens Film at Library
Madame Li Xiaolin, the daughter of former Chinese President Li Xiannian, hosted a special film screening at the Nixon Library Friday. Her new documentary is "Touching the Tigers," the story of World War II and volunteer "Flying Tigers" pilot Glen Beneda, who was shot...
Rove Talks 2012 in the East Room
Fox News commentator and former Bush Senior Adviser Karl Rove spoke before a large audience Thursday at the Nixon Library, where he discussed President Obama's job performance and Republican prospects for victory in 2012. Afterward he signed copies of his bestselling...
Video: Nixon Alumni Discuss the ’73 Energy Crisis
Three Nixon administration officials who formulated and executed the thirty-seventh President's energy policy convened at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, Wednesday. The occasion was the 38th anniversary of America's first...
Live Webcast: Confronting America’s First Energy Crisis
In the 1970's the supply and cost of energy emerged as a major national and international issue. This Legacy Forum addresses how the 37th President suddenly has to confront an energy crisis and establish America's first energy policy. Participants include Nixon...
OC Register: Roger Williams was the ‘epitome of cool’
By Deepa Bharath, OC Register: YORBA LINDA – The rich, deep and soothing notes that flowed out of Roger Williams' Steinway piano filled the chandelier-lit replica of the Nixon Library's East Room Monday afternoon as those who loved and admired "Mr. Piano" honored his...
Secretary Clinton On Asia Today
In the October 1967 issue of Foreign Affairs, an article appeared under the byline of Richard Nixon, "Asia After Viet Nam." (The two-word spelling of this country's name was what the magazine's editors favored, but here I'll use the more familiar form.) At that time...