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Palin, Nixon, And The “Secret Plan”
At CQ Politics, Jonathan Allen contrasts Sarah Palin and Richard Nixon. "Palin doesn't have Nixon's interest in, or knowledge of, foreign affairs," he writes. "Imagine the reaction if Palin suggested she had a "secret plan" to win the war in Afghanistan." He is...
37’s 4ths
The Philippine Republic and the USA share July Fourth as their Independence Day. On 4 July 1956, Vice President and Mrs. Nixon joined President Ramon Magsaysay and First Lady Luz Magsaysay in Manila to celebrate the Philippines' 10th and America's 180th birthdays. ...
The Star Spangled Batter
Washington National Symphony violinist Glenn Donnellan wanted to make the orchestra's concerts for young people more engaging. So, naturally, he decided to make a violin out of a Louisville Slugger. As Anne Midgette reports in today's WaPo: Donnellan made his...
7.4.09
FLOTUS 37’S COIFFURE AND AMERICA’S HISTORY
Christina Cristoforou's interesting illustration on the op-ed page of today's New York Times places our forty-four first ladies' hair styles in historically cross-hatched perspective. PN is in the middle of the second row from the bottom. This reduction doesn't do...
Watch What We Do Not What We Say
The President held a Town Hall meeting in Annandale, Virginia, on Wednesday. The logistics were the subject of some controversy. Before: And after (per the WaPo): In the stage-managed event, questions for Obama came from a live audience selected by the White House...
Which Revolution?
In my opinion, the best part of John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address on January 20, 1961, had nothing to do with asking anyone anything. The moment to remember was when he said: The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all...
RN, Apollo, And Obits
The Smoking Gun is featuring documents that the Nixon White House prepared before the Apollo 11 mission in the event that it ended in tragedy. Discover mutters that reading the plan "gives us the creepy feeling of reading the obituary of someone who is still alive." ...
The Washington Post, Disgraced
There are some alternate titles that came to mind as I prepared to write this, but since some of TNN's readers are employees of the Washington Post - some of very long standing indeed - I thought it best to go with the least abrasive one that I thought of. Even so,...
Newsweek: Dummies and Dummier
The new Newsweek's summer reading issue includes a feature called "Best. Books. Ever," in which well-known individuals recommend four of their favorite books in their particular areas of interest. Thus, Melissa Gilbert selects Hollywood memoirs, Dr. Drew chooses...
