Nov 21, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Some weeks ago I wrote here about W. Kendall Myers, the State Department employee who, for nearly thirty years, spied for Cuban intelligence in this country, all the while appearing to his friends and neighbors (the latter including some retired “spooks”)...
Nov 21, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Groundbreaking for the George W. Bush Presidential Center —the latest addition to the National Archives’ system of Presidential Libraries— will begin a year from now. The designs of architect Robert A. M. Stern were unveiled in Dallas on Wednesday....
Nov 21, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
When RN mistakenly declared Charles Manson guilty during his trial, problems ensued. From a contemporaneous report in Time: In Los Angeles, the effect of Nixon’s remarks on the Manson trial was instant and dramatic. While the Los Angeles Times came out the same...
Nov 19, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Forty years ago, on 19 November 1969, RN welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato to the White House at the beginning of what would be a significant few days in the history of US-Japanese relations. Typically, the meeting was the result of long planning and...
Nov 19, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
From AP: President Barack Obama appeared to be taking a page from Richard Nixon’s playbook Wednesday when he seemed to declare the suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed guilty and deserving of the death penalty. In Nixon’s case, he...
Nov 18, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
37: February 1972 44: November 2009. The White House ID for downloading this photo is “hero_greatwall_LJ-01-60”
