Nov 14, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The new issue of the New York Review of Books has a short op-ed, which first appeared as a blogpost last week at the magazine’s site, by Garry Wills, professor emeritus at Northwestern University and author of several dozen books about religion and American...
Nov 14, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Ron Howard’s acclaimed film Frost/Nixon, based on Peter Morgan’s play which was a hit in London’s West End and on Broadway, depicts two men as the architects of the famous set of TV interviews with President Nixon: the future Sir David Frost and the...
Nov 14, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
In Tokyo today, President Obama said: “As America’s first Pacific president, I promise you that this Pacific nation will strengthen and sustain our leadership in this vitally important part of the world.” The president was in error. Though he was...
Nov 12, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Last week I wrote about a retired Atlantic City firefighter named Richard Nixon, whom the New York Times’s website had profiled in a series about everyday Americans with Presidential names. Today’s post is about the Richard Nixon who lived on the opposite...
Nov 12, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Nov 11, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Editor’s note: John Dean will be giving a lecture entitled Watergate: The Final Chapter from 7pm to 9pm (pst) at Chapman University in Orange, California. Original caption from Bettman/Corbis: John W. Dean III, the fired White House Counsel, is sworn in 6/25 as...
