Mar 26, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Much has been made —and rightly so— over Senator Obama’s speech last week about race. One would hope that the important speech Senator McCain made yesterday to the World Affairs Council in Los Angeles will receive similar attention. Senator McCain...
Mar 26, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Boy is my face red. It turns out that recently discovered news footage from the former First Lady’s trip to Tuzla proves that everything she said was accurate; if anything, the “H Bomb” (as she was apparently admiringly nicknamed on this trip),...
Mar 26, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Yesterday’s LA Times featured an article by Patrick Goldstein pointing out that the current release starring Owen Wilson, is based on an old treatment written by John Hughes, the man who gave us 1980s (and early 1990s) classics like The Breakfast Club, Pretty In...
Mar 26, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The Times of London today has an interview with Michael Gerson, the former speechwriter for President Bush, now a Washington Post columnist, in which he repeats the argument, frequently found in his recent Post columns, that Barack Obama would be a more formidable...
Mar 26, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Tariq Ali is sixty-four years old. But instead of asking age appropriate questions like “Will you still need me?” and “Will you still feed me?” he is asking “Where Has All the Rage Gone?” Prompted by a TV show called “Revolution 68”, he asked that very question last...
Mar 25, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
When FDR arrived, the sunlight was already reflecting off the perfectly polished silver coffee pot sitting in the center of the table. He greeted his tablemate heartily. “Good morning, Dick. What’s that you’ve got there?” he asked, pointing to a round red object...
