Nixon in China: The Dinner Recreated

In the backdrop of the Metropolitan Opera House’s premier of “Nixon in China,” a Manhattan Chinese restaurant is recreating the actual menu from the opening day banquet. The New York Times reports: WHEN President Richard M. Nixon made his momentous...

The 1972 SOTU and the Year of Progress

During last night’s State of the Union Address, President Barack Obama called on both parties to put aside partisan politics, stand together to face the nation’s greatest challenges, and seize “our generation’s Sputnik moment.” In 1972,...

Schwarzenegger Remembers

In a tribute to Sargent Shriver, his father-in-law who just passed away, Arnold Schwarzengger recalls their first meeting: Sarge was a political man, so around the dinner table when the conversation turned to politics, I was ready to participate. With passion and...

A Burglary in 1960

In The Washington Post, Mark Feldstein tells how the 1960 Kennedy campaign did opposition research on RN’s links to Howard Hughes. How did JFK’s campaign obtain this incriminating evidence? By paying the contemporary equivalent of $100,000 to a Los Angeles...

In Memory of Judy Lucas

The Docent Guild has lost its First Lady Judy Lucas. Judy personified the definition of a lady. She was a woman of refinement and gentle manners. Judy was a member of the Docent Guild for eleven years. She was very active in the leadership of the Guild serving as...