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The First Reader
It is hard to determine whether the number of books read by a President during his or her term, and which ones, have any real correlation to ability in leadership and governance. Lyndon Johnson, famously, was reported never to have cracked open a book in his five...
Two Enlightened Dads
In The Politico, Andie Coller suggests that President-elect Obama's rhetoric stems from his enlightened ideas about fatherhood: The “change we can believe in,” it turns out, shares a lot with the revolution in thinking about child-rearing sprung from the work of...
Please Hold For The President, Mr. Langella
An article about Frost/Nixon in yesterday's Norfolk Virginian-Pilot features some lengthy quotes from Frank Langella. Among his ruminations: Langella acknowledges that Peter Morgan's script, adapted from Morgan's own play, is not historically accurate on all counts....
“F/N” Receives The Ultimate Accolade: 5 Checkers
By now enough has been written about the story ---and the backstory--- of Frost/Nixon (and not least here at TNN) that I won’t take your time by telling that tale yet again. Rather, I’ll cut right to the chase and try to answer the question: Is Ron Howard’s version of...
Christmas 1971 With The Nixon Family
Here are some excerpts ---about two minutes--- from Christmas At The White House, a CBS News Christmas Eve Special from 1971. RN and the Nixon family are seen around the tree in the Family Quarters. The reporters are Charles Kuralt and Marya McLaughlin (one of the...
The Forgotten Carol of Christmas
To all of my friends and colleagues at TNN - I want to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas with a thought or two about the sounds of the season. What’s your favorite Christmas song? That’s a very subjective question. Some like to hear about “chestnuts roasting...
Pat Buchanan On Mark Felt’s Passing
At MSNBC.com yesterday, Nixon White House advisor and speechwriter, and former presidential candidate Pat Buchanan offered his assessment of the career of W. Mark Felt, the self-identified "Deep Throat" who died last week. He observes: Indeed, if what Felt did was...
RN’s Christmas Present to John McCain
John McCain recalls the Christmas of 1972: Finally came the day I'll never forget—the eighteenth of December, 1972. The whole place exploded when the Christmas bombing ordered by President Nixon began. They hit Hanoi right off the bat. It was the most spectacular show...
12/24/68 — Forty Years Ago Today
On 21 December 1968, Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, was launched from Cape Kennedy. The crew of three included: Frank Borman, commander; James A. Lovell, command module pilot; and William A. Anders, lunar module pilot. Apollo 8 was the first of...
My Christmas Gift For My TNN Readers
I had intended to surprise each of my TNN readers with a gift that would be sitting in your driveway on Christmas morning. Unfortunately the logistics turned out to be a nightmare of international shipping schedules, import regulations, and customs inspectors who...