Enemy of the State Nov 17, 2009
These include a few of the usual bogeymen execrated by critics of big government, notably Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Richard Nixon. But Higgs does not conjure their ghosts simply to condemn them again (and again and again); he has a new take. (The American Conservative)
For Palin, reality goes rogue Nov 17, 2009
Back in the 60s, critics dissected Richard Nixon s otherwise stately Six Crises memoir for excessive bile. But Palin puts the bile up front. (Boston Globe)
ICAC head sounds off Nov 16, 2009
Of the US presidents, he rates John F. Kennedy among the best liars and Richard Nixon as one of the worst. Just how our own political leaders rate remains to be seen but the high-profile US psychologist and human ''lie detector'' Paul Ekman is willing to put them to the test. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Pelosi exhibits leadership, protects colleagues Nov 16, 2009
Richard Nixon tried that. Look where it got him. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Frost/Rudd: TV great has new leader in his sights Nov 15, 2009
But from Sunday the man famous for his groundbreaking interviews with former US president Richard Nixon will be back on the box in Australia each week when Arabic news channel Al Jazeera launches its English service on the Austar pay TV service. The British-born interviewer and presenter was a regular on Australian TV, particularly in the 1970s, when he completed a series of current affairs programs for the Seven and Nine networks. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
State mourns dean of TV weathermen Nov 14, 2009
In 1969, he took a major role in putting together the We Care telethon for victims of Hurricane Camille, an event that brought Bob Hope and a host of entertainment and sports celebrities to Jacksons Mississippi Coliseum, plus a supportive phone call from then-President Richard Nixon. Assaf also worked with nationally known entertainer Danny Thomas in raising funds for St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital in Memphis. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Dislikes Fox News Nov 14, 2009
Christopher G. Tasy s Oct 16 letter suggests a comparison of the current administration s calling out of Fox News to Richard Nixon s remarks about the New York Times 37 years ago ... The New York Times apparently spoke truth about Richard Nixon (as evidenced by his impeachment), whereas Fox News slanders and spreads outright lies about President Obama ... Not since Richard Nixon made similar remarks about the New York Times 37 years ago, has an administration put a media outlet on an enemies... (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Musical Legend Duke Ellington Nov 14, 2009
In 1969 Duke Ellington received the Presidential Medal of Honor from President Richard Nixon. He received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1966. (Suite101.com)
Strong China ties vital to economy Nov 14, 2009
When President Barack Obama meets President Hu Jintao in China this week, he will have to cross the same ocean that Richard Nixon flew over for his famous meeting with Mao Tse-tung in 1972. Yet today, the distance seems nowhere near as far. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Obey says health plan benefits exceed costs Nov 13, 2009
When President Richard Nixon offered reform, it was eight percent. Today the costs are 16 percent of income. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Spreading fear Nov 13, 2009
Not since Richard Nixon made similar remarks about the New York Times 37 years ago, has an administration put a media outlet on an enemies list. If President Obama wants to be compared to Richard Nixon vis. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
How the Military Will Try Nidal Hasan Nov 13, 2009
President Richard Nixon mitigated Calley's sentence over the objections of Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird. Freed by an appeals court after only 3 years of military house arrest, Calley, who had been sentenced to a life term of hard labor for the premeditated murder of 22 villagers, only recently suggested some remorse. (Time.com)
Court: CIA Didn't Violate Plame's Rights Nov 13, 2009
The constant mis-statement of facts seems to be a real problem for Republicans and the appearance of two such fradulent documents at the center of our political debate of the Bush Administration seems to indicate there has been no change since the days of President Richard Nixon in both obstructing justice and hiding wrongdoing. Irangate during the Ronald Reagan Presidency is uncontested, but he was not impeached. (CBS News -- US)
Dragons have fired up Big Island community Nov 12, 2009
Richard Nixon resigned his presidency. "Hawaii Five-0" was in the middle of its 12-year run. (Honolulu Advertiser)
President Obama's Alaska visit Nov 12, 2009
Alaska has broken up trips for presidents from Dwight Eisenhower to George W. Bush, and has even been a venue of diplomacy, such as when Richard Nixon met Japanese Emperor Hirohito in Anchorage in 1971, or Pope John Paul II met with Ronald Reagan in Fairbanks in 1984. Obama is making his first trip to Asia since assuming the presidency, as well as his first stop ever in the 49th State. (Anchorage Daily News)
Dont miss chance for health-care reform Nov 11, 2009
The proposals are actually LESS comprehensive than those made by President Richard Nixon in the 1970s when bipartisanship was more of a reality. Democrats are often blamed for killing Nixons plan; Republicans will mostly be blamed if this reform fails. (Nogales International, AZ)
Oil floats highon easy money Nov 11, 2009
Whenever I lecture on the oil crisis of the 1970s, the events that stopped the post-World War II Western economic boom right in its tracks, I no longer talk much about the Yom Kippur War or the Iranian Revolution, about the fall of Richard Nixon or the rise of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Instead, I weave a far more compelling tale, about how an American teen got a driver's license just a few weeks before the commencement of the troubles, and how he had to conjure up various non-economically... (Asia Times Online)
Martinmas, Armistice, Veterans' Day... Nov 11, 2009
This date was formalized by President Richard Nixon in 1971. Other Remembrances. (Suite101.com)
The bitter tears of Johnny Cash Nov 10, 2009
In July 1972, musician Johnny Cash sat opposite President Richard Nixon in the White House's Blue Room. As a horde of media huddled a few feet away, the country music superstar had come to discuss prison reform with the self-anointed leader of America's "silent majority." "Johnny, would you be willing to play a few songs for us," Nixon asked Cash. (Salon)
Affable, emotional TV host turned viewers on to late-night talk Nov 10, 2009
His "Tonight Show" guests included 1960 presidential candidates John Kennedy and Richard Nixon, boxer Cassius Clay (who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali), evangelist Billy Graham and Kennedy's brother, Robert, who was then counsel to a Senate committee investigating the Mafia. Paar crusaded against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista and admiringly interviewed Fidel Castro. (Yahoo News -- Jack Parr)
Ariel Levy: Why is feminism still so divisive? Nov 9, 2009
Feminism and Gail Collins s When Everything Changed : The New Yorker. Post, Esther Peterson, Restless (1997), Memories, Cindy McCain, Billie Jean King, Conservatives, Betty Friedan, Miss America Pageant, Republican Party, Susan Brownmiller, NOW (National Organization for Women), Bob McDonnell, Gloria Steinem, Social Movements, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Shriver Report, Identity Politics, Traditional Family, Comprehensive Child Development Act, Walter Mondale, (Pres. (New Yorker)
* Pitfalls and possibilities in Obamas Taiwan line Nov 9, 2009
The policies of president Richard Nixon and secretary of state Henry Kissinger in the 1970s, president Jimmy Carter in the late 1970s, president Bill Clinton in the mid-1990s and Bush in the period 2001-2004 are all testimony to the fact that the US made significant mid-course changes that were detrimental to Taiwan and that contributed to its international isolation, despite Washingtons statements that its policies were unchanged and contributed to stability. . (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
White House criticizing press not inappropriate Nov 9, 2009
In this case, some notables went so far as to compare the Obama criticism of Fox to former President Richard Nixon s enemies list. That is a stretch, a real leap, that should not be made. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
The flu stops here Nov 8, 2009
The most unusual symptom was an intense pain in my eyes, which I had had for two weeks and which I had blamed on the fact that I teach 7th grade, a profession which involves extensive frowning and furrowing of the brow and is why so many teachers look like Richard Nixon in their later years. Eye pain is hard to treat. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Daily TV and radio guide Nov 7, 2009
Frost/Nixon 10 p.m. (MAX) David Frost s 1977 TV interview with disgraced former president Richard Nixon (Frank Langella). R (2008). (Boston Globe)
* Monetary chaos once again rears its ugly head Nov 7, 2009
Former US president Richard Nixon hailed the 1971 Smithsonian agreement as the most significant monetary agreement in the history of the world. But it was soon in tatters and the world moved to generalized floating. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
James Ellroy really loves his work Nov 7, 2009
" He writes on white notebook paper, and begins working at 7 a.m. He employs researchers to compile fact sheets and timelines on real characters. For the "Underworld" series, these included John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Richard Nixon, Howard Hughes and J. Edgar Hoover. "Then I create a private human infrastructure," Ellroy says. "In my books are real-life characters and fictional ones. One question I never answer is what's real and what's not. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Drugs policy: Time to come clean Nov 6, 2009
IT WAS unwise of Richard Nixon to describe the worldwide prohibition of narcotics as a war on drugs. But the ban, which marked a gloomy 40th anniversary this year, has been very much like a war in one sense: the first casualty has been the truth. (The Economist)
Freedom fighter Nov 6, 2009
" That deserves a prize. Share: Friday, Oct 2, 2009 11:50 PDT The last Republican presidential nominee wants to moderate the party, but conservatives aren't happy By Often, when a presidential nominee loses decisively, he becomes a slightly embarrassing presence in his party s scene. Richard Nixon threw a in 1962 (after losing the California gubernatorial race), and only came back in 1968, after the GOP s Goldwater disaster. Michael Dukakis ignominiously to Massachusetts, and the Democrats... (Salon)
Health care issues: Other presidents have tried Nov 5, 2009
Perhaps if not for the Watergate scandal that destroyed his presidency, Richard Nixon might have become the Republican president to have given the country universal coveragewith his plan to expand the employer-based system and widen protection for the poor. Bill Clinton's effort foundered in its complexity and under assault from opponents. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Obama's world outreach teetering Nov 5, 2009
Asia Times Online :: Middle East News, Iraq, Iran current affairs. WASHINGTON - United States President Barack Obama's extraordinary efforts since his first days in office to reassure Muslims in the Greater Middle East about US intentions in the region have suffered a series of setbacks that threaten to reverse whatever gains he has made over the past 10 months in restoring Washington's badly battered image and influence there. (Asia Times Online)
30 Years at HUMAN EVENTS with John Gizzi Nov 5, 2009
is clearly someone who, like Richard Nixon, meshes knowledge of grassroots politics with deep understanding of the issues. He was impressive as a Republican national chairman and he is impressive as governor of his state as well. (Human Events Online)
Click to read:A New Era for U.S. Drug Policy? Nov 4, 2009
In the early 1970s, Richard Nixon appointed a former Republican governor, Raymond Shafer, to lead a similar commission to examine marijuana. The commission's recommended the decriminalization of personal use and questioned the constitutionality of harshly criminal marijuana policy generally. (CBS News)
Palin is No Nixon Nov 4, 2009
If Richard Nixon could come back from a famously non-mediagenic presidential run, a humiliating gubernatorial defeat and the most god-awful retirement speech in history, theres no reason that Sarah Palin cant ... Finally, I doubt she has the sort of insane drive for power that gripped Richard Nixon ... I dont doubt Palin enjoyed the romantic thought of being a heartbeat away from the most powerful position in the world, but Richard Nixon needed that power like a man in the desert... (The American Conservative)
Hes the presidential pooches right-hand man Nov 4, 2009
Dale Haney has tended to every White House pup since Richard Nixon ... In fact, he's tended to every White House pup since King Timahoe, Richard Nixon's Irish setter. (MSNBC -- Politics)
Double Critical Wake Up with Asempa FM Radio Show Nov 4, 2009
Through demonstrations, rallies, and strategic peaceful protests such as office sit-ins, American youth pushed to end the war in Viet Nam during the era of President Richard Nixon. The sit in is a strategy where hundreds of youth and adults take turns and sit in the offices of elected officials all day until their grievances are heard. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Obama asks for bold, innovative action to create jobs Nov 3, 2009
Haney has cared for every presidential dog since Richard Nixon was in office ... In fact, he s tended to every White House pup since King Timahoe, Richard Nixon s Irish setter. (Boston Globe)
The Life and Times of the Sports Arena Nov 3, 2009
When asked if anything special is on the agenda to commemorate the half-century that has passed since then-Vice President Richard Nixon dedicated the building on July 4, 1959, Jonathan Lee, marketing director for the Sports Arena and the neighboring Coliseum, said, Not really. The only indicator of that ceremony is a painting of Nixon and a plaque in the structures south foyer. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
- Voice: Kill poppies, cut off funding (4) Nov 2, 2009
Indeed, the U.S. government recognized this responsibility: In the Peace Accords signed in Paris in 1973 the Richard Nixon administration promised to contribute $3 billion dollars toward healing the wounds of war, and to post-war reconstruction of Vietnam. Nonetheless, 30 years after the end of the Vietnam War, our government has yet to make good on its formal commitment and moral obligation to assist the Vietnamese peoples recovery from the chemical warfare waged against them and their land. (El Centro Imperial Valley Press, CA)
Louisiana has had some of the longest tenured U.S. senators Nov 2, 2009
Then-President Richard Nixon attended, along with Vice President Spiro Agnew and roughly one-third of Ellender s Senate colleagues. The grand service at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral in Houma was an appropriate send-off for Ellender, whose story is nothing short of the iconic American dream. (WWLTV.com, LA)
Rees spies on ministers Nov 1, 2009
It took [former US president] Richard Nixon 30 years to get this paranoid - Rees has got there in 12 months,'' one said. At the same time, tensions are reigniting between former health minister John Della Bosca and the Premier over Mr Della Bosca's attempts to retrieve private information from his confiscated computer hard drive. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
All together now Nov 1, 2009
Richard Nixon threw a in 1962 (after losing the California gubernatorial race), and only came back in 1968, after the GOP s Goldwater disaster. Michael Dukakis ignominiously to Massachusetts, and the Democrats rebuked his brand of bloodless, northeastern liberalism by nominating a southern moderate populist four years later. (Salon)
The Sweep: Week 9 Nov 1, 2009
" And, of course, Both and (bonus: ) have had their public perception cemented by funny pictures depicting them as horribly out of touch with reality. John Edwards Both men are stars in their profession, but perhaps better known for being sleazy as can be. If that were all though, theyd be lumped in the Bill Clinton/Rick Neuheisel category. Instead, both are most morally despicable for, when caught red-handed, having a sleazier cover-up yet. Saban signs a class of 33, except the class... (TheBootleg.com)
Jerry Brown's office taped reporters' calls Oct 31, 2009
First Amendment Coalition executive director Peter Scheer said the incident reminded him of former President Richard Nixon secretly recording conversations with his staff and journalists. "When Richard Nixon was damned for recording conversations with his staff and members of the press, people thought that was sleazy and unethical and immoral - even if it was technically legal," Scheer said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
New moons are rising Oct 31, 2009
To many observers, Moon's activities - including accusations of cult-like practices, his imprisonment for tax evasion, the prayer vigils for a Watergate-afflicted president Richard Nixon, his support for right-wing death squads in Central America, the strange spectacle of mass weddings, the church's close ties to the Bush family and legions of stories about de-programs trying to reclaim Moonified souls - may seem so 20th century. The Unification Church has been a religious, business and... (Asia Times Online)
AG's official on leave over secret recordings Oct 31, 2009
Peter Scheer, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, said the secret recordings by Brown's spokesman reminded him of former President Richard Nixon secretly recording conversations with his staff and journalists. On Friday, Rosenfield demanded that Brown recuse himself from involvement in the ballot measure and "appoint an independent counsel who will hear both sides of the story.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Golf Course Review - The Homestead (cascades/old Courses) Oct 30, 2009
Throughout it's history, The Homestead has hosted presidents, heads of state, celebrities and even the Japanese during World War II. From Thomas Jefferson, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge and Lyndon Johnson to future presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. Many resorts come and go, but the heritage and splendor of The Homestead will live on forever. (ABC 7 News, DC)
* No more growth for growths sake, for all our sakes Oct 30, 2009
You may recall the story of former US president Richard Nixon attending the independence celebrations in Ghana. At a gala reception, he went up to one guest, mistaking him for a local, and asked what it felt like to be able to vote and enjoy freedom under the rule of law. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* The summit of low expectations Oct 30, 2009
Obama administration officials had been hoping that bilateral cooperation to tackle this common threat might deepen the US-China partnership in the same way that the common Soviet threat brought US president Richard Nixon and Chinese leader Mao Zedong (AF) together in 1972. If Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao (JA) could agree about what actions their countries would take and what explicit commitments they would make as part of a global agreement, the rest of the world would follow. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Recession over? Maybe. Happy days here? Not yet. Oct 30, 2009
Rather actually said this on the air in the seventies: President Richard Nixon resigned today. Nanana booboo, we don t have to see you. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
NEA Chairman: 'Obama is the most powerful writer since Julius Caesar'... Oct 29, 2009
Richard Nixon wrote books before and after his presidency. And even his apologia pro vita sua. (The Drudge Report)
Experts Warn: Tax Hikes Would Undercut Economy Oct 29, 2009
This dramatic improvement was a domestic policy equivalent to President Richard Nixon going to China, the authors wrote. They also declared that it affirmed a supply-side economics maxim that the best antipoverty program is a job. (Human Events Online)
A Personal Touch to President Bush Oct 28, 2009
We know about Richard Nixon asking Henry Kissinger to pray with him during Watergate and we know about his wild rants directed against his political enemies. These are stories that these prominent men never wanted us to know, but they add a rich texture to who they were as human beings. (Townhall.com)
Nixon and Obama -- Soul Brothers? Oct 28, 2009
Four decades ago, Lamar Alexander worked in Richard Nixon's White House ... Richard Nixon had been elected in the most turbulent year since the Civil War ... In both October and November of 1969, 500,000 demonstrators marched on Washington to -- in the words of David Broder -- "break Richard Nixon" as they had broken Lyndon Johnson. (Human Events Online)
Relaxed Bush debuts as motivational speaker Oct 28, 2009
Anthony Champagne, a professor of politics at the University of Texas at Dallas, said many presidents go underground for a period after they leave the White House, but then "even Richard Nixon came back in the public eye.". He said approval ratings of presidents often rise the longer they are out of office. (MSNBC -- Politics)
THE ADMINISTRATION: Nixon's Nightmare: Fighting to Be Believed Oct 28, 2009
Within less than a week after Richard Nixon had solemnly denied any personal involvement and promised to see justice done, one of his ousted aides threatened to implicate the President himself in a conspiracy to conceal White House involvement ... He praised two of his missing, newly removed aides, White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman and Domestic Affairs Adviser John Ehrlichman, as "dedicated people." Looking at former Attorney General Richard Kleindienst, who also lost his job in the... (Time.com)
GOP Must Not Vote 'Present' on Our Future Oct 28, 2009
Unless, in an unlikely turn of events, the trend toward greater public stress reverses, by the November 2010 election fear and anger may grow to match or exceed that of 1968 -- the dreadful year of the assassinations of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King; the ensuing race riots; the public violence, chaos and police riot of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago; and the election of Richard Nixon to the presidency of a dangerously divided country. I expect that both the Republican and... (Townhall.com)
CLARENCE PAGE: Obama's Fox strategy flawed Oct 28, 2009
Not since Richard Nixon made similar remarks about the New York Times 37 years ago, has an administration put a media outlet on an enemies list. If President Obama wants to be compared to Richard Nixon vis ... The Tennessee Republican, who worked for President Richard Nixon, cautioned Obama against creating a Nixon-like "enemies list" of media, industry or congressional adversaries. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Affable, emotional TV host turned viewers on to late-night talk Oct 27, 2009
His "Tonight Show" guests included 1960 presidential candidates John Kennedy and Richard Nixon, boxer Cassius Clay (who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali), evangelist Billy Graham and Kennedy's brother, Robert, who was then counsel to a Senate committee investigating the Mafia. Paar crusaded against Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista and admiringly interviewed Fidel Castro. (Yahoo News -- Jack Parr)
Read the 'JER' transcript Oct 27, 2009
GIGOT: That was Republican Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, who accused the White House this week of street brawling with opponents, and said the West Wing strategy of freezing out its critics is the modern-day equivalent of President Richard Nixon's enemies list ... Richard Nixon was president in 1970s. (Fox News)
Obama: Is he Carter or Reagan? Oct 27, 2009
Ford assumed office after Richard Nixon resigned. He ran for his first full term in 1976. (CNN)
Kim May Pose Less Global Risk In Mad State Oct 27, 2009
It has been used repeatedly in history, not least by former U.S. President Richard Nixon. Nixon tried to convince the Soviet Union, North Vietnam and other enemy states that he was unbalanced enough to launch a nuclear attack at the slightest provocation. (Newsmax)
Afghanistan Is Not Vietnam Oct 27, 2009
At the same time, military analyst Lewis Sorley's A Better War, which describes the administration of President Richard Nixon under public and Congressional pressure to get out of Vietnam and rejecting what could have become an effective counter-insurgency strategy by the military, is being touted by those who leaning in the direction of General McChrystal's recommendations. Applying historical analogies ; la "the lessons of..." to contemporary foreign policy dilemmas could certainly be... (The American Conservative)
Feminists Psychoanalyze Themselves Again Oct 27, 2009
The feminists are still crying about President Richard Nixon vetoing a federal program to make daycare a middle-class entitlement. But Nixon's action was popular then and still is because the majority of Americans don't want their tax dollars to pay for babysitters for other people's children. (Townhall.com)
This Obama-Fox War Ain't Nothin' Oct 27, 2009
To get a genuine picture of what a war on the press looks like, you can't fan the pages of Nexis for grouchy things George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, or even Richard Nixon said about reporters, newspapers, and networks. You've got to go back to the 1930s, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt raged against the press like noisy clockwork. (Slate)
