Jul 4, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The Philippine Republic and the USA share July Fourth as their Independence Day. On 4 July 1956, Vice President and Mrs. Nixon joined President Ramon Magsaysay and First Lady Luz Magsaysay in Manila to celebrate the Philippines’ 10th and America’s 180th...
Jul 4, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Washington National Symphony violinist Glenn Donnellan wanted to make the orchestra’s concerts for young people more engaging. So, naturally, he decided to make a violin out of a Louisville Slugger. As Anne Midgette reports in today’s WaPo: Donnellan made...
Jul 4, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Jul 4, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
Christina Cristoforou’s interesting illustration on the op-ed page of today’s New York Times places our forty-four first ladies’ hair styles in historically cross-hatched perspective. PN is in the middle of the second row from the bottom. This...
Jul 3, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
The President held a Town Hall meeting in Annandale, Virginia, on Wednesday. The logistics were the subject of some controversy. Before: And after (per the WaPo): In the stage-managed event, questions for Obama came from a live audience selected by the White House...
Jul 3, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
In my opinion, the best part of John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address on January 20, 1961, had nothing to do with asking anyone anything. The moment to remember was when he said: The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all...
