Aug 9, 2013 | Communism, Foreign Policy, News, Russia, The New Nixon
By Marshall Garvey Twenty two years after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War, relations between the Obama Administration and Russia have regressed. Aside from hot-button issues like asylum for NSA leaker Edward Snowden and Russia’s...
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...
Aug 8, 2013 | Library & Foundation, News
“When schools close for summer, many students will seek summer employment. Some will need the earnings to continue their education or to help out at home.” President Nixon, Memorandum About the Federal Summer Employment Program for Youth, March 30, 1971 In today’s job...
Aug 8, 2013 | China, Foreign Policy, News, Nixon Today, The New Nixon
From left to right: Premier Zhou En-Lai, translator Tang Wensheng, Chairman Mao, President Nixon, and Henry Kissinger. (Not shown: National Security Advisor Winston Lord and Chinese Deputy Chief of Protocol Wang Hai-Jung.) One of the most incredible moments in the...
Aug 6, 2013 | News, News Media
This aide to Mr. Nixon would send memos to White House staff regarding audience ratings of the President’s television appearances. Here is the most recent TV rating I have come across. CNN’s “Our Nixon,” broadcast on August 1, 2013 drew 645,000 total viewers in...
Aug 6, 2013 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today
By Marshall Garvey As President Obama and congressional Republicans debate how to handle entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, many Americans worry they’ll ultimately be unable to come to a bipartisan consensus. In 1969, during his first year...