Aug 20, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
A few months after the relatively quiet and peaceful opening of hundreds of newly integrated school districts across the South in the Fall of 1970, a unique letter reached President Nixon’s desk. The two page letter came from Ralph Savarese, a Methodist preacher in...
Aug 19, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, The New Nixon
In the Statement on Signing Bill Designating the Ventana Wilderness, California, forty-four years ago, President Nixon wrote, “Wilderness, unspoiled by man, is deeply rooted in American history and tradition. In the past, our task was to conquer it. Today we must...
Aug 15, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
Over the many books he authored, President Nixon would occasionally refer to the philosophies of literary giants such as Fyodor Dostoevsky or Friedrich Nietzsche. Exposed to these great authors in college, President Nixon understood the value the humanities had in his...
Aug 14, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
On February 6, 1969, the East Room was packed with male reporters and just a few female reporters. The press briefing consisted of questions surrounding US-European relations and what President Nixon hoped to achieve in his upcoming trip to Brussels, Paris and...
Aug 12, 2013 | Domestic Policy, Inside The Oval Office, News, Nixon Today
By Marshall Garvey When one looks at how the American presidency functions today, it seems like an overwhelming task. Aside from having to be ready to handle crises and address a complex array of entrenched issues, the president also has to steer an enormous...
Aug 9, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
It took only two misconstrued words buried in a nine page memo to President Nixon to provide the fuel for the fires of the administration’s harshest critics regarding civil rights and minorities. The memo, sent on January 16, 1970 by Daniel P. Moynihan, Counselor to...