Sep 27, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Apparently I wasn’t the only one to be a bit unsettled by the image of that long empty corridor behind President Bush in his too-little-too-late attempt to address the nation’s concerns about the careening economy. (What the President was really trying to...
Sep 26, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
If appearances alone decided the debate’s winner, then John McCain won. His energetic demeanor helped dampen concerns that he is too old for the job. Obama, on the other hand, did not come across as the candidate of cool. His expression alternated between a...
Sep 26, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
In the Washington Post, economist James K. Galbraith of the University of Texas – who is not only one of the leading liberal figures in his field, but the son of John Kenneth Galbraith, William F. Buckley Jr’s eternal Firing Line antagonist –...
Sep 26, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
In their column today, Dick Morris and Eileen McGann lay down the “Morning Debate Line”. It’s pretty basic analysis but the Morrises pull it together very well. They clearly feel that Senator McCain’s decision to suspend his campaign has...
Sep 25, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
On October 2, anyone in the Los Angeles area who’s interested in paying the $100 admission can go to the Landmark Theater in West LA, watch the vice-presidential debate on a big-screen television, then enjoy some supplemental entertainment: a reading of the new...
Sep 25, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
For much of the 20th century, the Blackstone Hotel, located at the corner of Michigan Avenue and Balboa Street in Chicago, was known as the “hotel of the presidents.” The 21-story facility, recently renovated by the Marriott people with a price tag of 128 million...
