Nov 21, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
When RN mistakenly declared Charles Manson guilty during his trial, problems ensued. From a contemporaneous report in Time: In Los Angeles, the effect of Nixon’s remarks on the Manson trial was instant and dramatic. While the Los Angeles Times came out the same...
Nov 19, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Forty years ago, on 19 November 1969, RN welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato to the White House at the beginning of what would be a significant few days in the history of US-Japanese relations. Typically, the meeting was the result of long planning and...
Nov 19, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
From AP: President Barack Obama appeared to be taking a page from Richard Nixon’s playbook Wednesday when he seemed to declare the suspected Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed guilty and deserving of the death penalty. In Nixon’s case, he...
Nov 18, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
37: February 1972 44: November 2009. The White House ID for downloading this photo is “hero_greatwall_LJ-01-60”
Nov 17, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The Politico has a clip of RN appearing to bow to Mao. Jim Pinkerton comments: “This footage, at 1:24, of Nixon’s bow was not at all a bow, as Obama bowed. Nixon clearly just shook his hand, and then bowed as someone was obviously paying him a compliment. Much...
Nov 17, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
On the shoulders of giants: President Obama at his town meeting in Shanghai.* In his speech today, at his town meeting at Shanghai’s Fudan University, President Obama acknowledged the role —if not the name— of his Pacific Rim presidential predecessor...
