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We have recently lost three outstanding members of our Nixon family --- Anne Armstrong, Clay Whitehead, and Peter Rodman. In 1971 RN named Anne Armstrong co-chairman of the RNC. In 1972 he appointed her Counselor to the President with Cabinet rank. During the Ford...

The way we live now is largely influenced by people of whom we know little and of whom we hear less. The entertainment ---and particularly the comedy--- of the last third of the last century was, in no small way, the creation of Bernie Brillstein. He died last night...

The trumpets will blare and the blue ---or at least bluish--- skies will smile down on the Olympic Games in Beijing. But before the command to "Let the games begin" is given, might I suggest taking just a moment to remember the man but for whom none of this would be...

During the 1980 campaign, legend (or at least cartoonist Bill Griffith, who cites wire-service accounts) has it, Ronald Reagan was presented with a gold-plated hardhat by a group of construction workers, and replied: "Gee, thanks fellas, but I can't wear this....I'm a...

Some wag has combined wit with enterprise, and you can purchase the result on ebay.

So far as I know, Britney Spears has yet to officially respond regarding her fleeting appearance in the McCain campaign's "Celebrity" ad.  But Paris Hilton has now spoken. And did she ever speak.  Larry King's appearance in her video leads me to think that guessing...

Peter Rodman, a foreign policy expert who served every Republican president from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush, including as an assistant secretary of defense for nearly six years in the current administration, died Saturday in Baltimore. He was 64. The cause was...

For all the conflicting criticism (of the constructive kind of course), critical analysis, and unsolicited advice that we have been offering (and will undoubtedly will continue to offer) in such abundance, here at last is something on which all of us agree.

I considered posting this under the headline "You Couldn't Make This Up" but decided go to with the above. Wonkette supplies her own inimitable tone.

Last week Robert Novak, for decades one of Washington's leading journalists, was diagnosed with a brain tumor and announced that he was suspending his syndicated column.  Today Novak stated that his health situation is "dire," and that he is to receive chemotherapy...