Nov 27, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Ever hear of Gershom Mendes Seixas? Well, he might just be the forgotten hero of Thanksgiving. Our national Thanksgiving narrative is rich with stories about proclamations, gatherings, meals, traditions, football, and of course, the obligatory pardoning of a turkey by...
Nov 26, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The 111th Congress will be more Democratic than the 110th. By latest count, the Senate will be 58D-40R, with two races (Minnesota and Georgia) undecided. The House will be 256D-175R, with four races outstanding. Compare these divisions to those of the 91st Congress...
Nov 26, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
A rather unusual op-ed appears in today’s Washington Post, written by Karl E. Meyer, a longtime writer (and editorial-board member) for both that paper and the New York Times, who recently retired after many years editing World Policy Journal, and his wife...
Nov 24, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
During his five years in the White House Lyndon Johnson, from time to time, would call in a group of honored Democratic (and Republican) elder statesmen to seek their counsel about the major issues in foreign policy and the Vietnam War. This group came to be known as...
Nov 22, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
This afternoon my wife Rene and I went to the Kennedy Center in Washington to see a matinee performance of Peter Morgan’s acclaimed play Frost/Nixon, starring Stacy Keach as Richard Nixon and Alan Cox as David Frost, in a dramatization of their celebrated TV...
Nov 20, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Back in the ’80s, Rich Hall invented Sniglets: Words that should —but don’t— appear in the dictionary. Such as: ACCORDIONATED (ah kor’ de on ay tid) adj. Being able to drive and refold a road map at the same time. CARPERPETUATION...
