Oct 16, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Ron Howard’s film Frost/Nixon made its debut in Leicester Square last night, as the opener of the London Film Festival. And the early reviews (four of them, and from the quality papers as you might expect) are now in. But before we get to them —second...
Oct 15, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
I think Antonio Gonzalez, head of the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, was correct when he said on the Tavis Smiley show tonight that while Sen. John McCain scored the most points in tonight’s debate with Sen. Barack Obama, he did not score a...
Oct 13, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The featured article at Wikipedia today is about First Lady Pat Nixon.
Oct 11, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Several weeks ago I presented a list of actors who had played President Nixon, and other historical figures whom they had portrayed, and invited readers to match the actor to the person from history. Below is a list of the answers. 1-j. Beau Bridges, who played RN...
Oct 10, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
With just a little more than three weeks to go before America goes to the polls to elect the next president, Barack Obama maintains a lead in the polls. To use a Richard Nixon phrase from election night in 1960, “if the trend continues…” he will be our next president....
Oct 4, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The period between late 1929 and the beginning of the 1940s is, of course, known as the Great Depression. But in a real sense, it could be called the Great Depressions. There was more than one massive downturn in all things economic during those days of deprivation....
