News
“Only Nixon” Reviewed
The Pueblo (Colorado) Chieftain has just published this review of James C. Humes and Dr. Jarvis Ryals's book Only Nixon, which recounts the President's historic China trip as seen from the perspective of the Chinese who helped arrange for RN's meetings with Zhou Enlai...
Salinger The Hero
It's now been just over a week since word came of the death at age ninety-one of J.D. Salinger, the author of The Catcher In The Rye and Franny And Zooey. A lot has been written since then, much of it focusing on the comparative seclusion in which he spent fifty-eigh...
The President’s Daily News Summary — Part III
Print media often referred to the Daily News Summary as the most exclusive newspaper in the world. It was a fair description because they were written to please just one person, RN himself. They began during the 1968 primaries by Pat Buchanan, who chose articles “the...
Jackie Gleason For RN
From the 1968 campaign:
The Great Conservationists
A Time Magazine story dated the first week of February 1969 illustrates how RN set the tone for his administration's environmental agenda very early on: After his embroilment in the Nixon Administration's only serious appointment hassle, Walter Hickel was doubly...
The Domestic Council On Demand
The first of the Richard Nixon Legacy Forums, Domestic Policy Initiatives of the Nixon Years: Bringing Innovation and Progress to the American People is now available for viewers -- free -- on demand:
Whittier College Students Study RN
A new political science class at Richard Nixon’s alma mater is the first at Whittier to study his early life, Presidency and years as a global statesman. The class, "The Complex Legacy of Nixon," took a Yorba Linda field trip January 23 to find out more from the...
A Race – And Candidate – To Watch
Nearly 65 years after his famous grandfather was first asked to run as a Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representative from that state’s 12th district, 30-year old Christopher Cox has put his hat in the ring for the seat in New York’s first district on...
Thirty-Seven Years Ago Today: Peace With Honor
"The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker."
1.27.73
Thirty-seven years ago today, the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam ---popularly known as the Paris Peace Accords--- was signed. After four hard years, RN had achieved the peace with honor he had promised and was determined to achieve. The...