Dec 2, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
1 December 2009 and 3 November 1969: the desire to contain a vocal minority and the determination to mobilize a silent majority. I’ve looked at a lot of the coverage of the President’s speech at West Point last night, and, so far at least, no one seems to have noticed...
Dec 2, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Forty years ago today, on 2 December 1969, RN signed House and Senate bills dealing with the preservation of presidential homes and birthplaces. 60 Auburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH: 27 was born here on 15 September 1857. 250 Eisenhower Farm Drive, Gettysburg, PA: 34...
Nov 30, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Last month the International Republican Institute honored Henry Kissinger with its 2009 Freedom award in recognition of his contribution to the security and progress of the United States. HAK was introduced by his old friend Senator John McCain, and his former...
Nov 28, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
From the Los Angeles Times comes this article about the historic Mission Inn in Riverside, California which has just set up its much-cherished “Festival of Lights” for another holiday season. Nixon scholars know it as the place where the future President...
Nov 28, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
In recent months little has been heard about the scandal that forced former Senator (and 2004 Democratic vice-presidential candidate) John Edwards from political life. A grand jury in North Carolina is now hearing testimony regarding the question of whether funds...
Nov 27, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
This Tuesday, Barack Obama will travel to the United States Military Academy at West Point to deliver the most important address of his young presidency. He has obviously chosen the site for the speech with great care and in the hope that the backdrop – a storied...
