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Long before first black president, Nixon forged strong civil rights legacy
With President Obama now in the final year of his presidency, the discussions on the editorial pages and talk shows about his legacy will predictably increase in frequency. Some of that discussion, especially during this Black History Month, will understandably...
A Public Plan for Peace
“Just as secret negotiations can sometimes break a public deadlock, public disclosure may help to break a secret deadlock.” — President Nixon For much of President Nixon’s first term, the secret diplomatic meetings between chief North Vietnamese...
The 1971 State of the Union: Nixon’s Six Great Goals
A 45-year flashback of tonight’s State of the Union address presents a president with a broad, ambitious, and very progressive agenda. Though known for his prowess in foreign policy, President Nixon’s 1971 speech was almost entirely oriented in domestic policy....
Israel and the Nuclear Weapons Issue
Invariably delicate and volatile, the Arab-Israeli peace process reached a critical juncture at the beginning of Nixon’s presidency as violence in the region escalated. At his first press conference on January 27, 1969, President Nixon summed up his assessment of the...
A Glimpse of Nixon’s Strategic Arms Concerns
One of the greatest accomplishments of Richard Nixon’s presidency occurred with the signing of the Strategic Arms Limitations Talks Agreement (SALT I) in 1972. President Nixon and Soviet General Secretary Brezhnev agreed to limit growth in the number of...
2 Nixons
Jeff Stoneberger, a thirty-something chef trained at the renowned Culinary Institute of America, sees himself as the culinary version of Richard Nixon. Working in his hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, he named his recently launched and quickly popular pop-up...
The Beginning of a Comeback
By the end of 1966, Richard Nixon was already planning his path to the presidency. In an interview with “US News & World Report” published October 3rd, 1966, Nixon shared his opinions on issues of domestic policy and the political climate of the late 1960’s, and...
The Nixon Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan
“Without adequate health care, no one can make full use of his or her talents and opportunities. It is thus just as important that economic, racial and social barriers not stand in the way of good health care as it is to eliminate those barriers to a good...
Nixon On Vietnam: A Pre-Presidential View
In the years before he was elected as President, Richard Nixon kept a relatively low profile politically. Employed by the Wall Street law firm Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, & Alexander, RN had the chance to travel internationally without the burden of a political title,...
Lincoln Republicans
The polarizing rhetoric in presidential candidate Barry Goldwater’s 1964 acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention left the Republican Party torn between his and Governor Rockefeller’s loyalists. Months later, Goldwater lost in a landslide defeat to...