Finding Nixon in Arabia

The Obama administration recently announced that it will be freezing hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to the Egyptian military on the condition that the Arab nation display credible progress toward a return to democratic rule. The State Department...

It’s time for Dodger baseball

As the Los Angeles Dodgers look to close out the 2013 National League Division Series over the Atlanta Braves, we look back to the 37th President’s lifelong love of baseball and admiration for the “Boys in Blue.” “I never leave a game before...

Budget Crisis: What Would Nixon Do?

Today’s beginning of the “shutdown” of the U.S. federal government tops an icy chapter in the relationship between our branches of government. President Nixon entered office as the first President since Zachary Taylor in 1848, with both houses of Congress controlled...