Oct 9, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The two words above were the first were heard in my household when my cellphone greeted me, seconds after awakening, with the words: “Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize.” Five words that jolted me awake faster that any cup of coffee could. Or maybe even ten...
Oct 7, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Tomorrow night, the Los Angeles Angels go into this year’s first round of the American League playoffs, facing the Boston Red Sox. Mike Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe recalls the days, three decades ago, when the Angels, in their first foray into the AL...
Oct 7, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The Wall Street Journal yesterday reported on the 45 works of art chosen by the First Lady from various government collections to adorn the White House. Loaned art in the Residence • Josef Albers – Homage to the Square: Elected II – Hirshhorn Museum • Josef Albers –...
Oct 6, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
In 1961, President Kennedy started the Peace Corps from an ambitious idea and a Marshall redux of sorts, an all- American volunteer program with three simple goals: 1) to help people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women, 2) to help...
Oct 5, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
White House renovator: First Lady Pat Nixon pictured with curator Clement Conger, daughter Julie Nixon Eisenhower, designer David Richmond Byers III (left, from left to right), and architect Edward Vason Jones (right) in the Green Room in 1971. Much has been written...
Oct 5, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Saturday Night Live’s cold open did not go unnoticed on the Sunday morning talk shows — providing the basis of this week’s discussion about whether and/or how much the bloom is off the rose. Like Darrell Hammond with Bill Clinton and Will Ferrell...
