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“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...
Laughing Matters
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: