Nov 4, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Just as Nixon was considered the only president who could open diplomatic relations with China, Clinton was the only one who could bestow upon Nixon the kind of public credibility he so desired. —Monica Crowley “Nixon in Winter” (1998) In my library, I try to...
Nov 3, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Public response to the 3 November speech was phenomenal. The President, seen above with Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, displayed some of the letters and telegrams on his desk in the Oval Office. In his diary entry for 4 November, Haldeman wrote: Reaction day, and a...
Nov 3, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
“Very few speeches actually influence the course of history. The November 3 speech was one of them.” —RN in RN Forty years ago today, Richard Nixon wrote and delivered a speech that both changed the course of American foreign policy and altered the...
Nov 3, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
In his introduction to the November 3 speech in his book Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History, the late Bill Safire wrote: “There is nothing the president has reflected on with greater anguish,” Henry Kissinger told the Nixon senior staff in the...
Nov 2, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
You can now subscribe to The New Nixon Podcast via I-tunes, enabling you to listen to the current one and all future editions on your I-Pod or similar device. Here is a direct link – or you can go to I-Tunes and search in Podcasts for The New Nixon.
Nov 1, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The upcoming special election in the New York Twenty-third Congressional brings to mind an earlier three way election in the Empire State. The 2009 special election features Democrat Bill Owens, Republican Dierdre Scozzafava and Conservative Doug Hoffman. Identifying...
