May 25, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The tradition of a day of remembrance for those who died on both sides in the Civil War —known as Decoration Day— began in the late 1860s. In 1882 the name was changed to Memorial Day and the fallen of other wars were also honored. In 1971 President...
May 24, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Read how overhearing a lunch conversation could have broken the Watergate story, kept Woodward and Bernstein cub reporters, and allowed Deep Throat to be only a bad skin flick.
May 23, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Yesterday David Chambers, whose grandfather Whittaker Chambers was one of the two primary figures in the case that brought Richard Nixon to the notice of the whole nation and then the world, reviewed Susan Jacoby’s Alger Hiss And The Battle For History in the...
May 20, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
In today’s installment of his WaPo column “The Fix,” Chris Cillizza profiles Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels: “Republican Revolutionary.” The good news is: the profile is interesting and instructive. The bad news is: Daniels has foresworn...
May 19, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Yesterday Christopher Beam of Slate discussed some historical precedents for the action that President Obama took in recent days when he appointed Gov. Jon Huntsman of Utah, a prospective candidate for the GOP’s presidential spot in 2012, as Ambassador to China....
May 15, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Over the last six months we’ve heard quite a bit from the major players in the Frost/Nixon film – director Ron Howard, writer Peter Morgan, and stars Frank Langella and Michael Sheen – but it’s been somewhat difficult to find interviews with...
