"The New Nixon" Improves "Nixonland"

In an interview with the editor of the History News Network, Nixonland author Rick Perlstein tips his hat to TNN: I actually quite appreciated most of what was said at the New Nixon blog. New Nixon blogger Jack Pitney made several useful corrections in particular I was able to incorporate into six subsequent printings.

White House Burned By Hackosphere

It appears that someone at the White House gave President Obama Andrew Sullivan’s post saying that Winston Churchill’s government didn’t use torture during World War II. During his press conference last night, Obama offered it up as authoritative evidence in favor of his no-torture position. As it turns out, the record isn’t so clear. Ben [...]

Scapegoat Making Himself Scarce

Since TNN’s WordPress software keeps swallowing the comments I leave at the bottom of posts, here’s my response to historian and former archivist Maarja Krusten: MK: You provide fascinating insights on the iron law of political change and retribution via a glimpse at the Bush team’s changing perspectives on NARA now that they are out [...]

Mao Tie

Bill O’Reilly is being subjected to severe interrogation techniques (it’s up to him to say if it’s actually torture) for saying that Richard Nixon never met with Mao Zedong, which, of course, he did, in February 1972. Here’s the lashing by the “Economist.”

Good Sense Will Hunting

To bash President Obama, George Will exhumes an anti-arms control column from his Nixon-bashing days only to end up proving why Obama’s on exactly the right track.