Apr 30, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Today I acquired a copy of Rick Perlstein’s second book, Nixonland, which Scribner is to publish May 12 (though the book is already being shipped at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble’s website). Starting tomorrow afternoon I’ll be blogging about it...
Apr 23, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
For those of us who have believed for a while that Sen. Barack Obama would be a more vulnerable Democratic nominee than Sen. Hillary Clinton, the exit-poll data that emerged in yesterday’s Pennsylvania primary provides some ammo. He emerged as the clear leader...
Apr 9, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The career of Joan Chen (Shanghai-born, and a US citizen since 1989) has stretched over a quarter-century and includes many notable films in both Chinese and English, though here she is still probably best remembered for playing Josie Packard in Twin Peaks. In...
Apr 2, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The South Side Inn is at the corner of State and Main Streets in my hometown, New Albany, Indiana, directly across from the town’s oldest building – the house constructed by the three Scribner brothers when they arrived in 1813 from (logically enough)...
Mar 26, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Yesterday’s LA Times featured an article by Patrick Goldstein pointing out that the current release starring Owen Wilson, is based on an old treatment written by John Hughes, the man who gave us 1980s (and early 1990s) classics like The Breakfast Club, Pretty In...
