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...
Aug 26, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The story of how President Nixon’s plan for comprehensive health care for all Americans fell by the wayside in 1974 because Sen. Ted Kennedy thought it possible to get a plan more to his liking enacted after a Democratic President entered the Oval Office has...
Aug 26, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Robert Nedelkoff has noted —here and here— the remarkable revelation —first by Senator George McGovern in a 2008 New York Times op-ed, and, more recently elucidated, by Frank Mankiewicz in the Washington Post— that candidate McGovern...
Aug 26, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
60 Minutes devoted its entire hour on Sunday to its progenitor and long-time executive producer Don Hewitt, who died a week ago today. In typical 60 Minutes style, the program was informative, provocative, and entertaining. Hewitt always said that his editorial...
Aug 24, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
President Nixon launched the War on Cancer, which he considered a key initiative of his presidency. When Frank Gannon asked him if he had enjoyed more victories than defeats, he said: “That will depend on what happens. If, for example, there’s a...
