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The new issue of the New York Review of Books has a short op-ed, which first appeared as a blogpost last week at the magazine's site, by Garry Wills, professor emeritus at Northwestern University and author of several dozen books about religion and American history....

Ron Howard's acclaimed film Frost/Nixon, based on Peter Morgan's play which was a hit in London's West End and on Broadway, depicts two men as the architects of the famous set of TV interviews with President Nixon: the future Sir David Frost and the future Baron John...

In Tokyo today, President Obama said: "As America’s first Pacific president, I promise you that this Pacific nation will strengthen and sustain our leadership in this vitally important part of the world." The president was in error.  Though he was apparently referring...

Last week I wrote about a retired Atlantic City firefighter named Richard Nixon, whom the New York Times's website had profiled in a series about everyday Americans with Presidential names. Today's post is about the Richard Nixon who lived on the opposite side of the...

Editor's note: John Dean will be giving a lecture entitled Watergate: The Final Chapter from 7pm to 9pm (pst) at Chapman University in Orange, California. Original caption from Bettman/Corbis: John W. Dean III, the fired White House Counsel, is sworn in 6/25 as the...

During my visit to the Nixon Library in September, Sandy Quinn peppered our conversation with various expressions that all basically said the same thing: "You really need to talk to Frank Gannon." Since then I have dialogued with Frank via email, punctuated by the...

"Man's God leans toward order, God's Man leans toward chaos, and the tension in that eternal tug-of-war generates the energy of freedom" ---William Safire From The First Dissident: The Book of Job In Today's Politics ----- and printed in the program for Friday's...