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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...

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...

In the Milestone Department: Over the weekend, the five thousandth post was uploaded to The New Nixon.

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...

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...

Last night's cold open. Less edgy, less risky and, perhaps not coincidentally, less funny:

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...

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.

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...