Feb 28, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Barack Obama sounds a bit like Richard Nixon. No, he’s not deliberately cribbing from our 37th president. It’s hard to picture him telling his writers: “I need to fire up the liberal Democratic base – so go get me some Nixon language!” But his rhetoric does include...
Feb 28, 2008 | News, The New Nixon
Over the last couple of weeks, there seems to be a controversy in the presidential campaign over expressions of patriotism. Senator Obama is being criticized for not wearing a flag lapel, and not putting his hand over his heart when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance....
Feb 27, 2008 | Foundation News, The New Nixon
I’m sure that, along with hundreds (more likely, thousands) of fortunate formerly young conservatives and writers, I am especially saddened by the news that Bill Buckley died this morning. In 1959, I wrote him a fan letter and was granted an interview for my high...
Feb 21, 2008 | The New Nixon
Having seen it done on other blogs I thought I would try to do a real time running commentary on tonight’s Clinton-Obama debate from Austin. It seemed like a good idea but, like so many of my good ideas, it quickly ran afoul of reality. It turned out that keeping...
Feb 21, 2008 | The New Nixon
By way of introduction, I had the honor of working with President Nixon and his staff during the last five years of the former president’s life. During that period, I wrote much of the text of the exhibits in the Nixon Library, assisted with two of his books, and took...
