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RN and LBJ—An Overlooked Relationship
On May 13, 1958, while on a trip to Latin America, Vice President Richard M. Nixon found his limousine under attack by an angry mob in Caracas, Venezuela. The incident was so provocative that President Eisenhower ordered elements of the 101st Airborne Division to...
A Great Photographer’s Favorite President
Harry Benson is a native of Glasgow, Scotland, in his eighties, who has for close to sixty years been one of the most skilled personality photographers on the planet. He made his name in the '50s with pictures of everyday life in his gritty native city and of...
GOP Candidates Should Take Cues From RN
Written for the The Daily Caller. Do Republicans need to grow up — again? Shortly after Richard Nixon’s “last press conference” on the night of his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial race — when he uttered the infamous phrase, “you won’t have Nixon to kick...
RN & Gingrich
At The New York Times "Caucus" blog, Matt Bai compares Newt Gingrich to RN: [I]f Mr. Gingrich is looking for hopeful historical comparisons, the more apt one might be Richard Nixon. Unlike Mr. Reagan, who even in his lower moments retained a certain celebrity appeal,...
Robert Ellsworth 1926-2011
Former Congressman and Richard Nixon campaign and administration official, Ambassador Robert Ellsworth passed away earlier this week. He was 84. Ellsworth served as a Special Assistant to the President from 1969 to 1971, before RN appointed him as Ambassador to the...
Hon. Barbara Franklin Elected to Foundation Board
29th Commerce Secretary began her public service career in the Nixon White House leading efforts to appoint women to high-level government positions. YORBA LINDA, CALIFORNIA - The Richard Nixon Foundation is pleased to announce the election of the 29th Secretary of...
Six Presidents In Search Of Mexican Cuisine
Today at the blog of OC Weekly, Gustavo Arellano writes about "Six Presidential Encounters With Mexican Food, Ranked From Best To Worst." Of the six Chief Executives discussed, Richard Nixon, as a native Californian, had the longest experience with Mexican cuisine,...
Eisenhowers and Rumsfelds Highlight Alumni Reunion
Nearly two-hundred former Nixon White House and Administration officials gathered Monday evening in Washington D.C. for the inaugural meeting of the Richard Nixon Alumni Association. Special guests included RN’s daughter and son-in-law, Julie and David Eisenhower, and...
“Duke Missed A Prize” In 1981
North Carolina, the "Tar Heel State," is the birthplace of two Presidents, James Knox Polk and Andrew Johnson. (Andrew Jackson is recorded as having been born in South Carolina, near its northern border, but some historians still argue that the seventh President came...
Karl Rove: Obama’s Re-Election Strategy Too “Nixonian”
In 1972, at the start of a career which culminated in his work as President George W. Bush's Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff, Karl Rove was executive director of the College Republicans. In that capacity he got an up-close look at the approach President...