Nixon Today
Why Nixon Matters: A Model for the Next Great Statesman
Here at Nixon Foundation, we’ve made efforts to examine President Nixon’s policy legacy and discuss its relevance in the America of 2016. We’ve zoomed in on topics as diverse as relations with Iran, North Korea, and Russia, foreign aid and assistance, Native American...
The Dawn of American Counterterrorism Policy
In Photo (from left to right): National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, Secretary of State William Rogers, President Nixon, and Ambassador to the UN George H.W. Bush. The world is reaching out for peace. The way may be hard and treacherous, but men of reason and...
Surfer In Chief
In the debut of Twenty, a magazine for those curious about the sport of surfing, contributor Alex Roth writes of President Nixon's integral role in turning a small coastal section of Camp Pendleton into one of the top surf spots on the planet. Read the full piece...
Nixon’s First Book: The Challenges We Face
Relatively unknown compared to Six Crises, Vice President Richard Nixon outlined his views on the pressing issues of the 1960 presidential election in his first published book The Challenges We Face. A collection of speeches and policy discussions from 1958 to 1960,...
10 Facts about Nixon the Presidential Candidate
1. In 1960, Richard Nixon and John Fitzgerald Kennedy were the first U.S presidential candidates to take part in televised debates. The debate series was divided into four parts, each dealing with substantive issues of the time. For those who listened to the...
Jennie Eisenhower Remembers Her Grandmother
In a piece for TIME Magazine, President and Mrs. Nixon's granddaughter, Jennie Eisenhower, shares memories of her grandmother Pat Nixon on Mother's Day. Remembering Pat Nixon, My Grandmother, This Mother’s Day She represented the U.S. with dignity, warmth, spirit and...
Podcast: Irv Gellman on the Alger Hiss Case
Irwin F. Gellman is Author of "The President and the Apprentice: Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952-1961 [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/262528392" params="color=ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" width="100%" height="20" iframe="true" /]...
10 Things You Need to Know About Nixon the Congressman
1. Richard Nixon won his first congressional election in 1946, where he defeated incumbent New Deal Democrat Jerry Voorhis in California’s 12th district. This would be the first of many political victories for Nixon; he also won political elections in the years 1950,...
Earth Day: Remembering Nixon’s Green Legacy
[youtube https://youtu.be/kdVa4Ho_paQ] April 22, 2016: The Nixon administration initiated many of the most important - and enduring - environmental policies in American history.