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St. Patrick’s Day 1969

Gift exchange: Irish Ambassador to the United States William Fay pins a shamrock on RN's lapel, while RN presents to Fay a Waterford Crystal Vase with an etching of the White House. On St. Patrick's Day 1969,  in a ceremony with Irish Ambassador to the United States...

3.17.1969

RN's St. Patrick's Day message: IT HAS been said that on Saint Patrick's Day everyone is an Irishman. As one whose ancestors came to America from Ireland, I wish all the Irish--including those who are Irish for only today--a happy and memorable Saint Patrick's Day....

3.16.10

Pat Nixon was born ninety-eight years ago today, on 16 March 1912. My mother was born near midnight on March 16th, 1912, in a miner’s shack high in the mountains of eastern Nevada.  Although it was almost spring the nights in the copper boom town of Ely were frosty,...

3.12.70

In 1968 RN appointed Roy Ash Chairman of the President's Council on Executive Organization.  The Ash Council's 1969 Report recommended the creation of a Domestic Council and an Office of Management and Budget.  Ash became OMB's Director in 1972. Forty years ago today,...

Issa on RN and President Obama

At National Review Online, Representative Darrell Issa (R-CA) observes that some commentators have favorably likened our current president to Richard Nixon.  He argues that there are key differences, too: Regrettably, President Obama is failing where Richard Nixon...