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Mad Men Smokes Competition, Sweeps Emmys
Mad Men and 30 Rock swept last night's Emmys --- both in terms of numbers of nominations and numbers of wins. They were chosen best in show for their categories (Best Drama, Best Comedy) and their writers ---Matthew Weiner and Tina Fey--- retired their respective...
Radio Interview with Historian-Author David Pietrusza
Of possible interest to TNN readers – I will be interviewing historian-author David Pietrusza about his new book, 1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon, at 5:15 p.m. (eastern) today. I am sitting in as guest host today and tomorrow on the Washington, D.C. drive-time talk show,...
The Left’s Second Thoughts On The Rosenbergs
In recent days interest in the case of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted on Federal espionage charges in the early 1950s and sent to the electric chair, has been revived after Morton Sobell, the last living defendant charged (and convicted) with them,...
Books Report
I only need a few fingers to count the mysteries and/or thrillers that have, for me, set an exciting and convincing pace from the very first pages that doesn't let up until an ending which ---perhaps most difficult of all to achieve in this genre---doesn't let down....
A Very Forgettable Vice Presidential Nominee
As this year’s campaign moves toward the final stretch, the frenetic media-driven discussion about whether or not Sarah Palin is prepared for the presidency continues. Apparently, few have noticed that she is not actually running for that office. But how does she...
Portrait Of A Nixon Speechwriter
Aram Bakshian, Jr. was a rhetorical strategist and essential member of President Nixon’s speechwriting team. He worked his way up through the ranks in the sixties and early seventies as a speechwriter for Bob Dole (then chair of the RNC) and a conservative commentary...
Library Diplomacy
At the Nixon Library on Tuesday, the United States and China arrived at major commercial agreements at the 19th annual JCCT (US-China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade) after extensive talks led by Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez along with Trade...
The Unthinking Man’s Nixon’s Four Second Moment
Forty years ago yesterday (sorry about that) — on 16 September 1968 — RN appeared on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In. In those days the show was a big thing; and his appearance on it was a big deal. When Laugh-In premiered on NBC in January 1968, it was something the...
Hiss And The Rosenbergs In Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Bob Hoover, the book-review editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (and, thus, belonging to a breed now perhaps more rare than the ivory-billed woodpecker) has written an article for that paper concerning Sam Roberts' recent New York Times stories about the Rosenberg...
George Putnam, 1914-2008
They say that the deaths of prominent people come in threes, and remarkably, three of the notable Americans whose deaths were announced this weekend were California residents. These were the novelist David Foster Wallace, whose premature and tragic passing I note...