Jun 18, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Peggy Noonan writes in The Wall Street Journal: There is still a sense about Mr. Obama that he needs George W. Bush in order to give his presidency full shape and meaning. In this he is like Jimmy Carter, who needed Richard Nixon, or rather the Watergate scandal,...
Jun 16, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
On June 14, 1974, President Nixon landed in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, his second stop in a five country peace tour of the Middle East. On the tarmac to meet him was King Faisal, an ardent anti-communist pivotal to the stability in the region. RN reflected on the meeting in...
Jun 14, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
The site of the first debate between John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon is not only in desperate need of rehabilitation and preservation—it may one day have an appointment with a wrecking ball. Of course, many reading this will be tempted to Google just where the...
Jun 12, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Thirty-nine years ago today Tricia Nixon married Edward Finch Cox in the White House Rose Garden, in one of the truly most memorable moments in the Executive Mansion’s history. Last month, Mrs. Cox visited the White House for a Mother’s Day tea, as...
Jun 10, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
President Obama’s recent TV statement about kicking posterior led a number of journalists to muse about previous presidents who used bad language in the White House. Thanks to the tapes, of course, we know about RN’s unfortunate weakness for expletives....
Jun 8, 2010 | News, The New Nixon
Fred Malek, White House special assistant during the Nixon Administration and later RN’s Deputy Director of OMB, and also finance co-chairman of Sen. John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, was appointed last month by Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell...
