Oct 28, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
“Today,” President Nixon began, “there are some who say that that [American] spirit is dead – that we no longer have the strength of character, idealism, and faith we once had.” That was October 1972; this is October 2010. America was in the midst of a deciding...
Oct 27, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
This week is Red Ribbon Week, a national week of awareness in America about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. While it is true that Red Ribbon Week did not officially come into being until the mid-1980s, in a coincidental twist, President Richard Nixon signed the...
Oct 8, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Since land was set aside by the United Nations to establish the State of Israel in 1948, a series of regional and ideological conflicts – and, indeed, often violent fighting – has broken out between Israel and the Arab States, collectively known as the Arab-Israeli...
Oct 4, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Winding up his whirlwind trip to Europe of September/October 1970, President Nixon spoke with reporters in Ireland and recounted the many diplomatic achievements: “The purpose of this trip, just as has been the purpose of my other trips abroad,” the President noted,...
Sep 30, 2010 | Foreign Policy, News, The New Nixon
The Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty – or SALT I – was the first anti-ballistic missile treaty signed between the United States and the Soviet Union, and resulted in groundbreaking, unprecedented levels of agreement between the two ideological foes. For the first...
