Aug 27, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Over in Denver they may not remember it’s LBJ’s 100th birthday today, but I have the feeling one fellow in Washington hasn’t forgotten it – columnist Bob Novak, who with his late partner Rowland Evans wrote Lyndon Johnson: The Exercise Of...
Aug 26, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Tomorrow night, an African-American will receive the presidential nomination of one of America’s two major parties, for the first time in this nation’s history. It will be the fulfillment of the dream of countless Americans, of all races. One or another of...
Aug 21, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Gawker today links to a clip it says is from Youtube, though the clip, at this point, cannot be located on Youtube itself. It is no less than the trailer of Ron Howard’s movie Frost/Nixon, starring Frank Langella reprising his acclaimed Broadway performance as...
Aug 19, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
This weekend, while being interviewed by Brian Lamb on C-SPAN’s Q&A, former Nixon White House speechwriter Ben Stein announced that he planned to vote for Ralph Nader; his main reason for doing so, from what I could gather, is that he disapproves of Sen....
Aug 12, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
“Peace at the center”: RN smiling at Marie Abplanalp’s wedding Saturday, April 16, 1994 was a great day in the life of the 37th President. Marie Abplanalp, daughter of his friend Bob, was getting married in Bronxville, New York. President Nixon was a...