Dec 19, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
In The New York Times, Gail Collins writes: Back in 1971, Congress passed a bill aimed at providing high-quality early childhood education and after-school programs for any American family that wanted them. It was bipartisan, which in those days meant more than a...
Dec 18, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
As the first streaks of dawn quietly announced the arrival of morning on Sunday, November 16, 1969, a 35-year old preacher from Ohio named Harold Rawlings had already been awake for a while after a fitful night of what-could-barely-be-called sleep in a room at...
Dec 14, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
In President Obama’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech last Thursday, he cited President Nixon’s trip to China as an example of a bold and controversial action by a leader that furthered the cause of peace: In light of the Cultural Revolution’s horrors,...
Dec 13, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
President Obama mentioned RN in his Nobel acceptance speech. Michael Goodwin of the New York Post perceptively notes what the president left out: “In light of the Cultural Revolution’s horrors, [Richard] Nixon’s meeting with Mao appeared inexcusable...
Dec 12, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
One legacy of the Nixon Administration that has never ceased to enjoy widespread popularity in America is the tradition of “panda diplomacy,” in which the People’s Republic of China sends giant pandas to the National Zoo, to the delight of visitors...
Dec 11, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The #1 Fan in the 1950s: Vice President Nixon tosses a ball around in his Capitol Office. Several recent TNN posts (here, here, and here) have presented RN as a serious football fan. In fact, that puts the case mildly; he was the kind of enthusiast who puts the...
