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Ronald Reagan at 100

Ronald Reagan turned 100 years old yesterday. A fellow Californian, RN crossed paths several times with Reagan throughout his political career, including in Barry Goldwater’s 1964 presidential campaign and then as rivals for the presidency in 1968. RN admired him for...

Must-read Review of a Must-read Book

John Coyne’s thoughtful review of David and Julie Eisenhower’s outstanding book, Going Home to Glory, also offers as insightful and concise an analysis of RN’s Vietnam policy as I have seen in quite some time.  Read the review and then buy and read the book; there are...

Pat Nixon and Panda Diplomacy

Coming off the heels of Chinese Premier Hu Jintao’s visit to Washington, President Obama announced that two giant pandas in the Washington National Zoo – the zoo’s most famous residents – will remain in the U.S. for five more years rather than return to China as was...

David Frye, RIP

David Frye has passed away at the age of 77.  He did a variety of impressions, and the New York Times obituary explains his most famous: It was Nixon, however, who kept Mr. Frye a regular on the top television variety shows and at the big Las Vegas casinos, perhaps...

Obama Echoes Nixon

"We will move forward together, or not at all," said President Obama in his State of the Union address.  Readers of this blog may have noticed that this line echoed one from RN's 1969 inaugural:  "To go forward at all is to go forward together."  The similarity is not...