Dec 25, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Here are some excerpts —about two minutes— from Christmas At The White House, a CBS News Christmas Eve Special from 1971. RN and the Nixon family are seen around the tree in the Family Quarters. The reporters are Charles Kuralt and Marya McLaughlin (one...
Dec 25, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
To all of my friends and colleagues at TNN – I want to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas with a thought or two about the sounds of the season. What’s your favorite Christmas song? That’s a very subjective question. Some like to hear about “chestnuts...
Dec 24, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
At MSNBC.com yesterday, Nixon White House advisor and speechwriter, and former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan offered his assessment of the career of W. Mark Felt, the self-identified “Deep Throat” who died last week. He observes: Indeed, if what...
Dec 24, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
John McCain recalls the Christmas of 1972: Finally came the day I’ll never forget—the eighteenth of December, 1972. The whole place exploded when the Christmas bombing ordered by President Nixon began. They hit Hanoi right off the bat. It was the most...
Dec 24, 2008 | News, Space, The New Nixon
On 21 December 1968, Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, was launched from Cape Kennedy. The crew of three included: Frank Borman, commander; James A. Lovell, command module pilot; and William A. Anders, lunar module pilot. Apollo 8 was the first of...
Dec 23, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
I had intended to surprise each of my TNN readers with a gift that would be sitting in your driveway on Christmas morning. Unfortunately the logistics turned out to be a nightmare of international shipping schedules, import regulations, and customs inspectors who...
