May 12, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Expressing his affection and admiration for the Israeli people, Richard Nixon stated: Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for...
May 11, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Tomorrow marks the publication of Rick Perlstein’s nearly 800-page history Nixonland: The Rise Of A President And The Fracturing Of America. Over the weekend the book was reviewed by Newsweek’s Evan Thomas, by George Will in the New York Times Book Review,...
May 11, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Over at The New York Times last week the Editors of the Sunday Book Review must have been faced with a terrible dilemma. Having chosen (a suitable and interesting choice) George W. Will to review Rick Perlstein’s new anti-Nixon book Nixonland, which focuses on...
May 10, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
While attending a recent symposium at Georgetown University in Washington on the life and career of the late Richard Helms (CIA Director – 1966-1973), I observed a panel of Cold Warriors answering audience questions. Panelists included: Dr. Henry Kissinger,...
May 8, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Virtually every aspect of Sandy Berger’s brief and uncharacteristic career as researcher and thief at the National Archives —including the lackadaisical attitude of the Justice Department investigating and pursuing the case— raises more questions...
May 8, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
George Will’s column earlier this week was apropos his visit to the Truman Presidential Library in Independence.
