Aug 7, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
During the 1980 campaign, legend (or at least cartoonist Bill Griffith, who cites wire-service accounts) has it, Ronald Reagan was presented with a gold-plated hardhat by a group of construction workers, and replied: “Gee, thanks fellas, but I can’t wear...
Aug 6, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
So far as I know, Britney Spears has yet to officially respond regarding her fleeting appearance in the McCain campaign’s “Celebrity” ad. But Paris Hilton has now spoken. And did she ever speak. Larry King’s appearance in her video leads me...
Aug 4, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Last week Robert Novak, for decades one of Washington’s leading journalists, was diagnosed with a brain tumor and announced that he was suspending his syndicated column. Today Novak stated that his health situation is “dire,” and that he is to...
Jul 31, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The last week saw the passing of a man and a woman who were both not only important figures at the Nixon White House, but by any measure significant in twentieth-century American history. On July 23, Clay T. Whitehead, director of the White House Office of...
Jul 28, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Robert Novak’s new column concerning the campaign, linked to below among the featured articles, is a quite incisive analysis of Sen. Barack Obama’s big dilemma of the moment – how to get his support in the polls above 50%, which means trying to find...
