Apr 21, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
On April 14, I sent the following letter wto the Los Angeles Times. Unless I missed it, the letter has not been published, which indicates the errors the Times made in a previous article will be left uncorrected: To the Editor: Tina Daunt wrote many accurate and...
Apr 18, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Presidential debates, especially the intra-party variety we are witnessing these days, are frequent to the point of becoming common place, if not benign. They seem to prove what Marshall McLuhan said about medium equaling message. The recent gotcha-fest between...
Apr 17, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Father Taylor is away for a couple of days, so allow me to take this opportunity to debase the integrity of The New Nixon by spreading a possibly frivolous and probably scurrilous rumor. The newly annointed Chairman of the United Moscow party may have decided to...
Apr 14, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
As with so much in American politics, Obama’s “guns or religion” gaffe calls to mind an episode in the life of Richard Nixon. As a young House member, he investigated communist spy Alger Hiss. During a hearing, Hiss mocked Nixon’s background:...
Apr 12, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
“Peace at the center”: RN smiling at Marie Abplanalp’s wedding Saturday, April 16, 1994 was a great day in the life of the 37th President. Marie Abplanalp, daughter of his friend Bob, was getting married in Bronxville, New York. President Nixon was a...
Apr 11, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Attending a national conference on preaching here in the Washington, D.C. area this past week, I noted many references to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as the recently past 40th anniversary of his tragic assassination was referred to by speaker after speaker. King was...
