Dec 14, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
In President Obama’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech last Thursday, he cited President Nixon’s trip to China as an example of a bold and controversial action by a leader that furthered the cause of peace: In light of the Cultural Revolution’s horrors,...
Dec 13, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
President Obama mentioned RN in his Nobel acceptance speech. Michael Goodwin of the New York Post perceptively notes what the president left out: “In light of the Cultural Revolution’s horrors, [Richard] Nixon’s meeting with Mao appeared inexcusable...
Dec 12, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
One legacy of the Nixon Administration that has never ceased to enjoy widespread popularity in America is the tradition of “panda diplomacy,” in which the People’s Republic of China sends giant pandas to the National Zoo, to the delight of visitors...
Dec 11, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The #1 Fan in the 1950s: Vice President Nixon tosses a ball around in his Capitol Office. Several recent TNN posts (here, here, and here) have presented RN as a serious football fan. In fact, that puts the case mildly; he was the kind of enthusiast who puts the...
Dec 10, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Word came from Los Angeles this evening of the death yesterday of actor Gene Barry at the age of 90. Barry’s career was a very long one – he made his Broadway debut in 1942 – and highly varied. In 1944, he performed opposite Mae West in her show...
Dec 9, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Forty years ago today, on 9 December 1969, President Nixon flew to New York to receive the National Football Foundation’s Gold Medal and to deliver a speech that was truly a labor of love. He was the guest of honor at the National Football Foundation and Hall of...
