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 19, 2013 | News, The New Nixon
With Ben Bernanke leaving the Federal Reserve this fall, one is left to wonder who will be appointed next chairman: former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers or the current Vice Chairman, Janet Yellen. While Yellen receives much of the criticism concerning...
Aug 16, 2013 | Communism, News, Soviet Union, Space, The New Nixon
By Marshall Garvey When the history of the U.S. space program is recounted, most people tend to give the lion’s share of credit for its success to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. After all, it was Kennedy who promised to put a man on the moon by the...
Aug 15, 2013 | News, The New Nixon
Baseball may be the great American pastime, but it can’t challenge football as the quintessential American sport. Football requires a unified team effort and outstanding individual performances for success on the field. The players, as well as the fans, embody the...
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...
