Jul 25, 2016 | News, Nixon Today
Relatively unknown compared to Six Crises, Vice President Richard Nixon outlined his views on the pressing issues of the 1960 presidential election in his first published book The Challenges We Face. A collection of speeches and policy discussions from 1958 to 1960,...
Jul 7, 2016 | News, Nixon Today, Post-Presidential Years, Pre-Presidential Years, Presidency
1. In 1960, Richard Nixon and John Fitzgerald Kennedy were the first U.S presidential candidates to take part in televised debates. The debate series was divided into four parts, each dealing with substantive issues of the time. For those who listened to the...
May 6, 2016 | News, Nixon Today, Pat Nixon
In a piece for TIME Magazine, President and Mrs. Nixon’s granddaughter, Jennie Eisenhower, shares memories of her grandmother Pat Nixon on Mother’s Day. Remembering Pat Nixon, My Grandmother, This Mother’s Day She represented the U.S. with dignity, warmth,...
May 4, 2016 | Communism, Nixon Now Podcast, Nixon Today, Pre-Presidential Years
Irwin F. Gellman is Author of “The President and the Apprentice: Eisenhower and Nixon, 1952-1961 [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/262528392″...
May 3, 2016 | News, Nixon Today, Pre-Presidential Years
1. Richard Nixon won his first congressional election in 1946, where he defeated incumbent New Deal Democrat Jerry Voorhis in California’s 12th district. This would be the first of many political victories for Nixon; he also won political elections in the years 1950,...
Apr 22, 2016 | Domestic Policy, Nixon Today, Nixon TV
[youtube https://youtu.be/kdVa4Ho_paQ] April 22, 2016: The Nixon administration initiated many of the most important – and enduring – environmental policies in American history.