Sep 11, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Sep 10, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The Wall Street Journal today editorializes about Senator Obama’s reticence regarding his time at Columbia University. Although he has, as someone or other recently pointed out, written two autobiographical books, he has paid scant attention to the years spent...
Sep 10, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
“I really don’t believe making mistakes means you have to give up your career,” Representative Charles B. Rangel said at a news conference in Washington on Wednesday. Already dealing with the backdraft from several other scandals, eternal Harlem Congressman and...
Sep 10, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
I had a conversation recently with Sergei Khrushchev, son of the late former Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev, as part of my work with the Smithsonian-affiliated Cold War Museum. Mr. Khrushchev is a member of the museum’s advisory board. Our discussion was...
Sep 8, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Tomorrow at noon EST, the Leonard Lopate show at WNYC radio (93.9 FM or 820 AM in the New York area, also streamed live at www.wnyc.org and downloadable via podcasts soon after broadcast) will air a segment on the subject “Nixon In Hollywood.” The films to...
Sep 7, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
This one is less about a factual error than an unwarranted inference. On page 602, Nixonland discusses RN’s speech to the nation on economic policy: “He then named the desperado they would slay together, with a hint of anti-Semitic code: ‘We must...
