2.18.09

On 18 February 2008, the first edition of The New Nixon was uploaded.  The rest is history.  

C-SPAN’s POTUS Poll

Our once and future colleague Father Taylor recently linked to the results of C-SPAN’s most recent survey of historians regarding the reputations and legacies of American Presidents. The sixty-five survey participants included an interesting mix of academics and...

37 & 16

On The Caucus blog in today’s New York Times, political reporter Katharine Q. Seelye has an interesting post about President Obama’s intense feeling of connection with Abraham Lincoln and the ways in which he is expressing it publicly. The piece begins...

When The Going Gets Weird On The Late Show

Joaquin Phoenix’s appearance on last night’s Late Show is being widely deconstructed on the internet and the radio.  It’s true that he hasn’t hitherto been known as a pillar of dependability or stability —his past history and his recent...