The Road To “Sock It…To Me?”

Paul Keyes, who died in 2004 at the age of 79, was a comedy writer best known for heading the staffs that scripted the Tonight Show during Jack Paar’s years hosting it, and that quintessential product of the late 1960s Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.  He...

Forty Years After The “Nixon Shock”

When the month of August is thought of in connection with Richard Nixon’s Presidency, usually his resignation is the first thing that comes to mind.  But August 15 will mark another anniversary – forty years since RN took to the airwaves to inform the...

“The Making Of The President” On DVD

Between 1961 and 1973, the late journalist Theodore H. White published four books about the Presidential elections from 1960 to 1972.  The first of these, The Making Of The President 1960, about the contest between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, won the Pulitzer...

Just Released: Summer 2011 Newsletter

The Foundation’s quarterly newsletter was just mailed to its members, friends and supporters with announcements on upcoming activities and reports on recent events. It is also available online, read it now below! RN Newsletter Summer 2011

“All in the Family”

Although saying that “All in the Family” was a fun show, an article in the International Business Times notes its shortcomings as sociology: Archie Bunker claimed he was Republican, as reflected by his admiration of President Richard Nixon; and later...