Jul 7, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Whatever its virtues, Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland contains a number of factual errors. In the weeks ahead, I shall note some of them. The first deals with the 1950 Democratic senatorial primary in Florida (p. 34): George Smathers beat Florida senator Claude...
Jul 6, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
In today’s Washington Post Book World, NPR host Scott Simon writes a glowing review of Stephen L. Carter’s new novel of political and family intrigues in the 1960s, Palace Council. Mr. Carter, a professor at the Yale Law School and a bestselling and...
Jul 5, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
In December 1799, George Washington, the foremost of America’s founding fathers, died of laryngitis and pseumonia at age 67, universally mourned by his countrymen. The next year Mason Locke Weems, popularly known as “Parson” Weems (he was a...
Jul 4, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
At 9.40 PM EST tonight C-SPAN will broadcast “Writing the Inaugural Address” — a forum held last month at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. Among the participants are Ray Price, who worked on both of RN’s Inaugural Addresses,...
Jul 3, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Greetings once again, supporters and students of Richard Nixon! Just a note to report on my visit to the Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda this past June 17, and to thank all the folks there who made it a special and unforgettable experience for me. John H....
Jul 2, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The recent announcement by Washington Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. of his impending retirement raises questions about the future of that eminent newspaper, and about what the coming decade holds for newspapers in general, that I plan to discuss before...
