Apr 17, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
On April 2, Lady Sonia McMahon, widow of Sir William McMahon who was Australia’s prime minister during most of President Nixon’s first term, died at the age of 77. Her passing received little notice in this country but the obituaries in Australia, and the United...
Apr 17, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
In the Wall Street Journal, William Ruckelshaus — the first head of the Environmental Protection Agency and a panelist in the Nixon Library’s upcoming forum on RN’s environmental record — writesthat the Nixon Administration did much to tackle the environmental...
Apr 16, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
In The Sacramento Bee, Wayne Madsen’s writes that President Nixon’s environmental initiatives were an “early testament to the success of green pioneers” and that he “visualized the green jobs” that would “spearhead the nation’s economy:” Although last December’s...
Apr 14, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Nixon Foundation board member and former RN Assistant Chief-of-Staff Larry Higby is among 2010’s recipients of the Horatio Alger Award. The award is given every year to “dedicated community leaders who demonstrate individual initiative and a commitment to...
Apr 14, 2010 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today
Introduction The Domestic Council and Office of Management and Budget were created on July 1, 1970. The result was that policy making on major domestic issues was consolidated into the Executive Office of the President. Henceforth, on domestic affairs—as had been the...
Apr 14, 2010 | Domestic Policy, News
“If the Government pays all the medical bills, then only the Government has a stake in holding down medical costs. This means that Government officials would have to approve hospital budgets and set fee schedules and take other steps that would eventually lead to the...
