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Jerry Brown, Bill Clinton, and RN
Forty-seven years after his own run for the office, RN is making a cameo in the race for California governor. The Sacramento Bee reports: More than a decade before Jerry Brown's current incarnation as undeclared gubernatorial front-runner, he hit the airwaves of...
The Muse of the Obama White House
In their attacks on Fox News and tea-party protesters, White House officials are cribbing from a speech given 40 years ago next month. [W]e should ask what is the end value--to enlighten or to profit? What is the end result--to inform or to confuse? How does the...
RN, Sammy, And The Highlight Of The 1972 Convention
Singer and performer Sammy Davis Jr. famously embraced RN at a youth rally at Marine Memorial Stadium. The structure, located in Key Biscayne, largely neglected by city officials, is at the center of a preservation effort. The Associated Press is reporting that the...
“Let Me Be (Imperfectly?) Clear”
No American presidency is complete without the emergence of one, or two, or more catchphrases as thoroughly associated with the incumbent as "Would you believe?" or "You really know how to hurt a guy" are with the late Don Adams. John F. Kennedy, in the early years of...
Nixon (Masks) In The News
Last week, as the Los Angeles Angels entered the American League playoffs, I wrote about the team's first foray into the postseason thirty years ago, when former President Nixon was a regular at what was then Anaheim Stadium, and spectators were not allowed to wear...
“Seeing The Writing On The Wall”
Tony Panaccio at postchronicle.com has an article about Ed Nixon, the last of the five brothers that included the 37th President. and author of The Nixons: A Family Portrait. In the article Ed speaks of RN's visionary health-care plan: "My brother's offer to address...
Russians Reject Our Reset Button In Favor Of Theirs
U. S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got a lesson in geopolitics this past week. It may be best described by comparing the now-all-rage reset button metaphor to that gizmo put out by office supply giant, Staples - yes, that red button that when pushed says, “That...
RN, The Majesty Of Parks, And Our National Heritage
Last August, Frank Gannon wrote that it was significant that the new President of the Nixon Foundation -- Ronald H. Walker -- was also appointed to lead the National Parks Service in 1973. Significant because a prominent part of RN's legislative agenda included...
CNN Leaves It There
The revolution manqué has started to devour its own children. But in a world where so much time is spent automatically bashing Fox News, it's bracing to see at least some spillover skepticism aimed in CNN's direction. Of course the target here is fatuity not...