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You Can’t Win ‘Em All
The winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics were announced today in Oslo. Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson shared the award for their work in the area of economic governance. Professor Ostrom, a political science professor at Indiana University...
5000….And Counting
In the Milestone Department: Over the weekend, the five thousandth post was uploaded to The New Nixon.
Columbus Day
A Columbus Day Parade float on Fifth Avenue in New York City. (Photograph by Sean Unruh.) On 8 October, a few days before Columbus Day in 1972, RN spoke ---without text or notes--- to a dinner at the Sheraton Park Hotel sponsored by Amerito (a federation of...
Annals of the Obama Administration
The First Lady made a charming video with Sesame Street's Elmo about encouraging habits of healthy eating and smart living --- with the nice tag "You're your child's best role model." It's possible that I am the last person in the western hemisphere to know about...
Laughing Matters
Last night's cold open. Less edgy, less risky and, perhaps not coincidentally, less funny:
Peter Morgan’s Follow-Up To Frost/Nixon
About nine months ago Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon, with its acclaimed screenplay by Peter Morgan that later received an Oscar nomination, opened in theaters nationwide. This weekend sees the coast-to-coast release of Morgan's next project - The Damned United, a drama...
On A Winning Streak
With Tim Tebow and Sam Bradford hurt, President Obama now becomes the favorite to win the Heisman Trophy. And you can help. A tip o'the cap to Nick Ryan.
Is “Process, Effort And A Change Of Tone” Enough?
Aaron David Miller, a fellow of the Wilson Center in Washington and a Middle East negotiator in the administrations of four Chief Executives, writes about President Obama's Nobel Prize for Peace at CNN.com: A young president, barely in the 10th month of his first year...
Don’t Remind Us That Fred Gwynne Was Robbed…
"It isn't quite as inexplicable as Marisa Tomei's Best Supporting Actress Oscar, but it seems pretty close." - Mark Halperin at Time.com, on President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize
For What?
The two words above were the first were heard in my household when my cellphone greeted me, seconds after awakening, with the words: "Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize." Five words that jolted me awake faster that any cup of coffee could. Or maybe even ten cups. If David...