Apr 30, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Today I acquired a copy of Rick Perlstein’s second book, Nixonland, which Scribner is to publish May 12 (though the book is already being shipped at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble’s website). Starting tomorrow afternoon I’ll be blogging about it...
Apr 25, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Winston Churchill seldom, if ever, struggled with a lack of self-confidence. When he was in his early thirties he remarked: “We are all worms. But I do believe I am a glowworm.” So years later when he said, “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it,” I’m...
Apr 23, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
For those of us who have believed for a while that Sen. Barack Obama would be a more vulnerable Democratic nominee than Sen. Hillary Clinton, the exit-poll data that emerged in yesterday’s Pennsylvania primary provides some ammo. He emerged as the clear leader...
Apr 22, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Why do poliical pundits, who clearly know better, promulgate simplistic and unrealistic explanations of the phenomena they cover? Maybe they’d rather raise red herrings than supply answers; once you’ve given the answer what more is there to write on the...
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...
