Nixon Today
Omitting History, The Legacy of the EPA
Reading the introductory remarks of Carol Browner at the dedication ceremony of the EPA building in Washington DC that took place on July 17, one could easily believe the agency is only twenty years old, and a product of the Clinton Administration. “Twenty years ago...
A Comic Critique of Domestic Policy
We all know Richard Nixon as the 37th President of the United States. But did you know he has appeared as a character in more than 184 comics? Ranging from Batman to Superman, shifting from hero to villain, President Nixon has been a central force in many comic book...
Unfolding the Legacy of Leonard Garment
Former adviser to President Nixon, Leonard Garment, passed away earlier this week at the age of 89. After assisting with Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign, Garment joined the White House Staff in 1969, serving as special consultant to the President on Domestic...
Making the List: Federal Women in Media
Today’s public loves their lists, whether it is Forbes’s World’s Billionaires, Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, or People’s Most Beautiful. With much of the same fervor, the women of the Nixon administration also became the subject of media attention....
Carter Library Chief Praises RN’s Energy Policy
[youtube https://youtu.be/pdf6ZN9X-ds] July 2013: President Nixon raised the bar on energy policy and led the country towards greater independence from foreign sources, said Jay Hakes, the Director of the Carter Presidential Library in a talk at the Nixon Library.
Nixon, the Courts, and the VRA
On June 25, The Supreme Court of the United States struck down Section 4b of the 1965 Voting Rights Act after a 5-4 vote in the case of Shelby County v. Holder. Section 4b provided the formula to determine which states and local governments needed approval from the...
Curtis W. Tarr And The Draft “Lottery”
Late this week, word reached the news media of the death on June 21 of Curtis W. Tarr at his home in Walnut Creek, California. The majority of Mr. Tarr's career before his retirement was spent in the groves of academia; he was president of Lawrence University in...
Would the Sunnylands Summit be Happening had it not been for RN?
RN and PN with Walter and Leonore Annenberg at La Casa Pacifica in 1969. No it would not, on two counts; first, that it was RN’s diplomatic appointment of Annenberg that began his foreign service and second that it was RN who, of course, opened the U.S. and western...
Pat Nixon’s 101st
Today, March 16, would have been Pat Nixon's 101st birthday....but since her Irish-American father Bill Ryan always liked to think of her as his "Saint Patrick's babe born in the morn," she grew up celebrating her birthday on the 17th, and always preferred to put a...
Taki And Conrad Black On Nixon’s 100th
Although two months have passed since the centennial of President Nixon's birth, it is only in the last week that two writers of eminence have written about it. Taki Theodoracopoulos, the Greek shipping heir, essayist, and bon vivant, and Conrad Black (also known as...