Feb 19, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
The other day, President Barack Obama met with the Tibetan Dali Lama in the White House—doing so in the Map Room as opposed to the Oval Office in an apparent attempt to mute any “official” aura for the meeting. It was sort of like trying to kowtow to one audience...
Feb 16, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
I loved the OC Register article about Ron Walker, who by all accounts is doing an outstanding job as president of the Nixon Foundation. Well, everything except for the typically ungracious and inaccurate remarks made by Tim Naftali. Here’s the text of a letter...
Feb 15, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
On Presidents’ Day 2010, more than five thousand packed the Nixon Library and were welcomed with cherry pie and appearances by Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt. Then at 1:30 pm, RN’s Oval Office Team presented the second Nixon Legacy...
Feb 13, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
On the day he was inaugurated to his second term, President Nixon gave members of the White House staff a desk diary covering the four years of that term. Each day indicated how many days were remaining before his “Four More Years” came to a close. On the cover page...
Feb 13, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
During the Nixon Administration, Ron Walker headed the White House’s advance team, working on projects ranging in scale from the thirty-seventh President’s 1972 visit to the People’s Republic of China to his visits to Washington-area schools. The...
Feb 11, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
As the First Lady wages a campaign against obesity, the Associated Press reminds us that the fight has been underway for more than half a century. President Eisenhower created President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, and tapped RN to head it. In...
