Aug 10, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
In 1969, says Nixonland, the new president “was sworn in by Justice Black” (p. 357). No, it was Chief Justice Earl Warren. The book thus misses a delicious irony. Nixon and Warren had been at odds since their days in California politics. In 1968,...
Aug 10, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
The punchline of Richard Pryor’s joke (Who are you gonna believe, me or your lying eyes?) is called to mind by this just in from Beijing Who will ever forget the thrill of watching those gigantic firework footprints marching across the sky from Tiananmen Square...
Aug 10, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
In today’s Telegraph (London), Tim Shipman reports from Washington about the sea change of coverage involving Senator Obama. In the wake of his perhaps-a-shade-too-triumphal world tour, reporters have become more skeptical and comedians have become more enabled....
