Jul 24, 2013 | News, The New Nixon
James “Whitey” Bulger taken in 1953 after his first arrest As the trial of notorious Boston mobster Whitey Bulger carries on and a series of key witnesses take the stand, a look back at President Nixon’s own fight against organized crime will help the...
Jul 24, 2013 | Communism, Foreign Policy, Kitchen Debate, News, Russia, Soviet Union
In 2009, William Safire—former speech writer for President Nixon—recalled in his New York Times piece “The Cold War’s Hot Kitchen,” the gaggle of reporters and general pandemonium surrounding the 1959 debate between then Vice President Nixon, and Soviet Premier...
Jul 24, 2013 | Domestic Policy, Foreign Policy, News, Nixon Today, Vietnam
President Nixon with conscripted troops in S. Vietnam, 1969. This month marks 40 years since the formal transition from mandatory, conscripted military service to all-volunteer armed services, which was initiated under President Nixon. The road there was bumpy and...
