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It’s time for Dodger baseball
As the Los Angeles Dodgers look to close out the 2013 National League Division Series over the Atlanta Braves, we look back to the 37th President's lifelong love of baseball and admiration for the "Boys in Blue." "I never leave a game before the last pitch," President...
Budget Crisis: What Would Nixon Do?
Today’s beginning of the “shutdown” of the U.S. federal government tops an icy chapter in the relationship between our branches of government. President Nixon entered office as the first President since Zachary Taylor in 1848, with both houses of Congress controlled...
Kevin Spacey Praises RN
The House of Cards star says RN did more than any President to preserve the arts in America: Richard Nixon. That may be a surprising name for you to hear. But he actually funded the National Endowment for the Arts more than any president had up until that time. H/T...
Nixon and the New Urban Landscape, Continued
The comprehensive vision President Nixon presented to Congress—a vision he demonstrated over the entire span of his presidency—included a series of seven Special Revenue Sharing programs. One of these programs would allocate $2 billion for urban community development....
PJB on RN & JFK
Former senior adviser and speechwriter to President Nixon, Pat Buchanan, analyzes the first televised debate with Fox News' Neil Cavuto: Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com
Extending Opportunities for Disabled Americans
It often bewilders me how influential President Nixon’s domestic policies remain to this day. It is truly remarkable that we live in an America that President Nixon envisioned, then helped to shape and create, to a large degree – especially considering that he has...
53 Years Ago — RN and JFK Debate
On September 26, 1960, Vice President Richard Nixon and Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy squared off in the first televised debate -- forever changing American presidential politics. Watch the whole debate below:
Nixon for a New Urban Landscape
On March 5, 1972, President Nixon delivered a Special Message to the Congress onSpecial Revenue Sharing for Urban Community Development. Continuing his vision for domestic affairs, President Nixon formulated policies on the revival of not only America’s urban cores,...
Foresight for Energy Independence
It is important to understand that President Nixon’s firm stance on a sustainable domestic energy policy began before the energy crisis of 1973. At the onset of Richard Nixon’s presidency, the United States was consuming a third of the worlds’ energy production,...
“The Most Farsighted Politician of His Generation”
Many careful students of the career of President Nixon have noted his capacity to see beyond the issues of the day, and construct policies meant to ensure the welfare of future generations, not only in America but across the world. Authors who have examined this...