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The Canard That Will Not Die
RN's "secret plan" to end the Vietnam war is the Dracula of canards. No matter how many wooden stakes are nailed through its nasty heart, it's up again at first light, brushing off the dirt and walking the land ready to be cited in yet another book or article. Two...
Nixonland Nitpick 1
Whatever its virtues, Rick Perlstein's Nixonland contains a number of factual errors. In the weeks ahead, I shall note some of them. The first deals with the 1950 Democratic senatorial primary in Florida (p. 34): George Smathers beat Florida senator Claude Pepper by...
A New Addition to the Ranks of Nixon Books
In today's Washington Post Book World, NPR host Scott Simon writes a glowing review of Stephen L. Carter's new novel of political and family intrigues in the 1960s, Palace Council. Mr. Carter, a professor at the Yale Law School and a bestselling and critically admired...
In Search Of The Cherry Tree
In December 1799, George Washington, the foremost of America's founding fathers, died of laryngitis and pseumonia at age 67, universally mourned by his countrymen. The next year Mason Locke Weems, popularly known as "Parson" Weems (he was a part-time minister at a...
First Words
At 9.40 PM EST tonight C-SPAN will broadcast "Writing the Inaugural Address" --- a forum held last month at the University of Virginia's Miller Center. Among the participants are Ray Price, who worked on both of RN's Inaugural Addresses, Patrick Anderson (Jimmy...
“The Strong Man” Visits Yorba Linda
Greetings once again, supporters and students of Richard Nixon! Just a note to report on my visit to the Nixon Library and Birthplace in Yorba Linda this past June 17, and to thank all the folks there who made it a special and unforgettable experience for me. John H....
Quo Vadis Post?
The recent announcement by Washington Post Executive Editor Leonard Downie Jr. of his impending retirement raises questions about the future of that eminent newspaper, and about what the coming decade holds for newspapers in general, that I plan to discuss before...
How To Beat the Holiday Rush
If you want to get a headstart on the big weekend and/or have other plans for your Sunday, you can read Zev Chafets' long piece about Rush Limbaugh from Sunday's New York Times Magazine right here right now.
One Man’s Lyric is Another Man’s Law
In Sunday’s New York Times, national legal correspondent Adam Liptak reported the breaking of some serious legal ground over at One First Street NE. Hidden away on page four of Chief Justice Roberts’ dissent in Sprint Communications Co., L. P., et al, v. APCC...
Clay Felker. Si Monumentum Requiris Circumspice
No website dealing with news and commentary about Richard Nixon, his Times, and his Legacy, can fail to note the passing of Clay Felker, who died earlier today at his home in New York. He was 81 and had been battling mouth and throat cancer for some time. More than...