Aug 29, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The fortieth anniversary of “three days of peace, love and music” on Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, New York, continues to be celebrated, most recently in movie theaters this weekend when Taking Woodstock, the new film by Cold Mountain and Incredible...
Aug 28, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
From reading press accounts of Senator Kennedy’s legislative career, one might think that RN’s 1971 launch of the War on Cancer was simply a response to Kennedy’s initiatives. Indeed, their political rivalry did play a role. In politics, as in the...
Aug 28, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
When then President Bill Clinton spoke at former President Richard Nixon’s funeral, he suggested that the “day of judging President Nixon on anything less than his entire life and career come to a close.” The speaker had no clue at the time how much he would need that...
Aug 28, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
On Wednesday night, a crowd of over 700 gathered in Yorba Linda to see former Senator George McGovern talk about his new book, a short biography of Abraham Lincoln. The event, co-sponsored by the Richard Nixon Library and Museum and the Richard Nixon Foundation (and...
Aug 28, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
I recently posted a piece about Alex Ross’ three New Yorker articles based on the material released as a result of his Freedom of Information Act requests regarding the government’s interest in Leonard Bernstein. The bulk loyalty investigations were...
Aug 27, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
PN – pictured at the Miami Beach Convention Center in August 1972 – was the first Republican First lady to have a keynote speech at the Republican National Convention. (Photo Credit: Life Magazine) In 1984, First Lady Nancy Reagan addressed the Republican...
