Mar 25, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
This Saturday, I had the pleasure to observe the presidential elections in Taiwan. The country’s fourth direct presidential election, it was a historic moment seeing the Kuomingtang (KMT) return to power in a landslide victory after eight years in opposition to the...
Mar 22, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Senator Obama’s Philadelphia speech has prompted a New York Times article on how politicians talk about race. It includes an attack on President Nixon: Race did not disappear entirely from presidential campaigns; it went under cover. It lay buried in code...
Mar 21, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
This is the time of year when Bach’s Passions (St. John 1724 and, particularly, St. Matthew 1727) are performed around the world — from Boston to Auckland. The St. Matthew Passion has inspired artists as different as Pier Paolo Pasolini (who considered...
Mar 21, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
For many in the United States, Great Britain, and Ireland, March 17 this year was just another St. Patrick’s Day. But in France it was a day for a more somber commemoration, as French president Nicolas Sarkozy oversaw a ceremony at the Hotel des Invalides to...
Mar 17, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
John Taylor has already noted Pat Nixon’s birthday yesterday (16 March), and its celebration at the Library. It came to be traditionally celebrated the next day and the story was told that after her birth late on the 16th, her father exclaimed,...
Mar 14, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Geraldine Ferraro’s impolitic commentary regarding Barack Obama has been widely covered and discussed. But in the rush to examine the really juicy part of her monologue, you know – the stuff about race – something else the 72 year old former congresswoman said is...
