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RN, The Media’s President
President Nixon's availability to White House correspondents looks great, especially when compared to President Obama’s record. Who would have guessed today’s White House press corps would be so passive when stiffed by the President, who makes clear he feels them...
Memories of George McGovern
Soon, Senator George McGovern, who died earlier this week at the age of ninety, will leave his native state of South Dakota for the nation's capital one last time. His first move to Washington, at the end of 1956, was as a newly elected Congressman. His funeral in...
Thoughtful Foreign Policy Is Not Up For Debate
Last night’s presidential debate covered foreign policy and while current polls place the importance of foreign policy at the end of presidential priorities for most voters, it should not be understated—it is, after all, at the lion's share of the President’s...
Rest In Peace, George McGovern: 1922-2012
Just before dawn this morning, former Senator George McGovern died in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the age of ninety. Senator McGovern had been in gradually declining health for the last year or so, and three months ago had the bitter task of burying his son Steven,...
Healthcare Reform As Far Back As 1960
On this day, October 2, in 1960, RN published a paper on medical research focusing on developing solutions for healthcare advances in the 1960s and sustaining "the most advanced medical care in the world." What makes this paper so interesting -- in addition to the...
America’s Royal Couple
I had read on this Website that David and Julie Eisenhower would appear at the National Book Festival on Washington DC’s Mall Saturday, September 22. So I went over to say hi and to get them to sign their book “Going Home to Glory: A Memoir of Life with Dwight D....
Middle East Crisis: What Would Nixon Do?
With the Middle East in turmoil, leaders and policy makers must look at Richard Nixon's performance during the Arab-Israel crisis of the early 1970s. He not only solved a crisis, but also created a generation of peace. Learn more by watching the Nixon Legacy Forum,...
23 September 1952 – Checkers’ 60th Anniversary
Exclusive to Nixonfoundation.org, Lee Huebner, former Nixon Speechwriter and current George Washington University Professor of Media and Public Affairs, has written an essay about then Senator Richard Nixon's seminal Checker's Speech given 60 years ago on September...
“The Play’s” The Thing
There's no denying that the big sports story coming out of Washington right now centers around the Nationals, now a cinch to go into the National League playoffs, and maybe even on course to do the unthinkable and bring the World Series to the nation's capital for the...
Julie And David Eisenhower To Appear At National Book Festival
The National Book Festival, introduced by former First Lady Laura Bush, sponsored by the Library of Congress, and held since 2001 every September on the National Mall, has long been established as one of the country's premiere events for authors to meet readers. This...