Dec 10, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Word came from Los Angeles this evening of the death yesterday of actor Gene Barry at the age of 90. Barry’s career was a very long one – he made his Broadway debut in 1942 – and highly varied. In 1944, he performed opposite Mae West in her show...
Dec 9, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Forty years ago today, on 9 December 1969, President Nixon flew to New York to receive the National Football Foundation’s Gold Medal and to deliver a speech that was truly a labor of love. He was the guest of honor at the National Football Foundation and Hall of...
Dec 8, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s New Yorker:
Dec 8, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The Chattanooga, Tennessee Times-Free Press has an article by Adam Crisp this week about Dr. George Akers, a retired resident of the Volunteer State who spent his career as an educator in Adventist-affiliated universities. In 1970, he was the president of what was...
Dec 6, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Most congenial: Good friend and Whittier classmate Hubert Perry says that RN might have not been the most talented player on the college football team, but he was the most popular. In recent times, Neal Gabler’s penchant for originality has seemed to atrophy. His...
Dec 6, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Be there or be square: Unless you were POTUS you needed one of these on 6 December 1969. Forty years ago today, RN flew on Air Force One to Fort Smith, Arkansas, and then boarded Marine One for the hop to the parking lot at Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, to watch...