Odetta — 1930-2008

Odetta died last night in New York.  She was 77.  After suffering for several years with heart and lung problems, she entered Lenox Hill Hospital at the end of October for treatment of kidney failure.   Her manager, Douglas Yeager, said that her hope of singing at...

A Member of Generation Y Defends Nixon

Alex Pareene is 23.  He was just 20 when he dropped out of NYU to take over the political blog, Wonkette.com, not long after its founding writer Ana Marie Cox departed. Following 18 months covering the Beltway scene in that era of the second Internet boom (now feeling...

TNN On The Air Today

This afternoon, TNN’s own David R. Stokes is substituting for host Don Kroah from 4 pm until 7 pm EST at Washington’s WAVA (105.1 FM, simulcast from 5 pm at 780 AM, and also streamed live at the station’s site, www.wava.com). At about 5:15, I will...

With Friends Like These

The Frost/Nixon nationwide festival is about to begin as the film opens this Friday.  There was a preview last night at the National Geographic Society here in Washington. After the screening there was a Q+A with director Ron Howard, writer Peter Morgan, and Nixon...

Giving Thanks

On November 10, 1969 RN issued a message to the armed forces: “This Thanksgiving Day provides an ideal occasion for all Americans to acknowledge and give thanks for the courage, devotion to duty, and the loyalty you have demonstrated in service to our...