Pat Nixon’s 101st

Today, March 16, would have been Pat Nixon’s 101st birthday….but since her Irish-American father Bill Ryan always liked to think of her as his “Saint Patrick’s babe born in the morn,” she grew up celebrating her birthday on the 17th, and...

RN on President Eisenhower

Yesterday, C-SPAN’s American History TV aired an unedited excerpt of RN’s 1991 interview with independent producer George Coburn about his recollections as Vice President to President Eisenhower. RN discussed Ike’s leadership and the 34th...

Making Maple Syrup At Richard M. Nixon County Park

Pennsylvania is, for my money, the most beautiful state east of the Mississippi, as I was reminded again during a recent two-day trip that took me to State College, home of the Nittany Lions.  Driving through that landscape of mountains and forests, down those roads...

Korologos in Wash Post: Advise and Confront

Pictured: Clement Haynesworth, former Judge on the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals and RN’s first choice to fill the vacancy left by Associate Justice Abe Fortas. Though his nomination was eventually blocked, the 37th President refused to withdraw it after...