Jul 24, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Yesterday was the thirty-ninth anniversary of the return to earth of the first two men to walk on the moon — Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin of the Apollo XI crew. The day before yesterday, Dr. Edgar Mitchell, a member of the Apollo XIV crew and the sixth man to...
Jul 24, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The day after welcoming the Apollo XI astronauts home from the moon, RN talked with some reporters during a stopover on the mid-Pacific island of Guam. The backstory and the reception of his very few words on that July afternoon have been the subject of speculation on...
Jul 23, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Our good friend Dick Allen, who served as RN’s foreign policy coordinator during the 1968 campaign, and was present at the creation of the Nixon Administration, has written an interesting piece —“Obama’s Experience Doesn’t Match...
Jul 23, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
On 24 July 1969, RN was in mid-Pacific welcoming the Apollo 11 crew home from the moon. Like the rest of the mission, everything had gone almost flawlessly. After traveling 240,000 miles, the capsule —named Columbia— splashed down less than two miles from...
Jul 23, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
“West Virginia already has the men to match her mountains – men of vigor and courage and determination .” – Sen. John F. Kennedy in Glenwood Park, West Virginia, April 26, 1960, one of dozens of campaign addresses in which he spoke of...
Jul 23, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The Telegraph (London) is very partial to making lists — from the 100 Most Influential US Conservatives to the 100 Most Beautiful Cars Of All Time. And now, in today’s paper, and triggered by the fact that “When Senator Barack Obama steps onto the...
