Jan 30, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The most recent issue of Newsweek featured its annual Oscar Roundtable, moderated by the magazine’s David Ansen and Ramin Setoodeh. The participants this year included Anne Hathaway, Sally Hawkins, Robert Downey Jr., Brad Pitt, Mickey Rourke, and Frank Langella,...
Jan 29, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
During the 1973 energy crisis, RN took criticism for his habit of running the fireplace and the air conditioning at the same time. And so it is worth noting this item from today’s New York Times: The capital flew into a bit of a tizzy when, on his first full...
Jan 27, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The former presidents traveling road show of George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton pulled into New Orleans yesterday for a gig with the National Automobile Dealers Association. Everybody knows that you’re supposed to open a speech with a joke, but who knew that Mr....
Jan 23, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Ben Alpers of Oklahoma University put up a quite interesting blogpost this week tracing the roughly fifteen-year heyday of the “White House intellectual.” President Kennedy began the tradition by bringing in acclaimed historian (and walking definition of...
Jan 23, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Caroline Kennedy’s maladroit Senate bid has finally ground to a halt with the anticipated noontime appointment of Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand to Secretary Clinton’s coveted seat. The choice added insult to injury for the Camolites: not only isn’t it...
Jan 23, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
President Obama’s executive order regarding presidential records is a victory for future historians. (See here) Truly it is a new day for GWBs future historians. Before January 20, 2009, the future biographers of GWB faced a difficult road in the true telling of their...
