Feb 27, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
By Chris Barber A new era of Sino-U.S. relations as the flags of both countries are displayed side by side in mutual respect. 42 years ago— on a day that marked the end of President Nixon’s stay in the People’s Republic of China—RN observed: “We have been here a week....
Feb 21, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
Max Lerner, syndicated American journalist and known Nixon opponent, said of President Nixon’s announcement of his planned trip to Beijing, “The politics of surprise leads through the Gates of Astonishment into the Kingdom of Hope.” That hope being...
Feb 14, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
By Chris Barber RN and Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall swearing in Walter E. Washington, accompanied by his wife, as Mayor of the District of Columbia. This week marks the 45th anniversary of President Nixon’s swearing-in of Walter E. Washington as Mayor of...
Feb 14, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
By Will Swift, author of the newly released Pat and Dick: The Nixons, An Intimate Portrait of a Marriage Click here for PAT AND DICK: The Nixons, An Intimate Portrait of a Marriage The President and Mrs. Nixon walk on the beach in San Clemente. When Dick Nixon and...
Feb 12, 2014 | News, The New Nixon
By Chris Barber A portrait of President Nixon in the Oval Office. A bust of President Lincoln sets the background. To commemorate the 205th birthday of our 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, The New Nixon takes a look at the great figure and savior of the Union through...
Feb 11, 2014 | Domestic Policy, News, Nixon Today, Presidency, Republican Party
The Nixons and Connallys at the Connally ranch in August 1972. This Tuesday marks the anniversary of Richard Nixon’s appointment of John Connally as the United States’ sixty-first Secretary of the Treasury and the early stages of what, at least at the time and to...