Featured Articles — October 31, 2007

Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad: Obama, Edwards attack; Clinton bombs debate — Roger Simon We now know something that we did not know before: When Hillary Clinton has a bad night, she really has a bad night. What If the Iowa Polls Don’t Change? — Dick Morris What if the current polls in Iowa [...]

Save the Date: Kay Baylee Hutchinson coming to Nixon Library on November 19!

One of the most respected members of the U.S. Senate — and an expert in foreign policy, national security and tax policy — her new book, Leading Ladies: American Trailblazers, examines the lives of American women who have battled trememdous odds to achieve success in areas once reserved exclusively for men — including military service, [...]

This Day in History — Nixon Expands Social Security and Medicare Benefits for Seniors

On October 30, 1969 Richard Nixon signed landmark social security and Medicare legislation increasing much needed benefits to widowed seniors who now receive 100 percent of their deceased spouses Social Security benefits, and extended medical coverage to 1.5 million beneficiaries. The following is Nixon’s radio address broadcast the same day the legislation was passed: Good [...]

Featured Articles — October 30, 2007

Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad: New President, Old Cycle — Washington Post Editorial Can Argentina’s Cristina Fern¿ndez de Kirchner avoid another economic bust? UK must stay on good terms with Saudi Arabia — UK Telegraph Editorial King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia chides this country for ignoring Riyadh’s warnings about the 2005 terrorist bombings in [...]

Nixon Appointee Dies at 79

Nixon appointed judge and Connecticut Governor Thomas J. Meskill has died in a Florida hospital at the age of 79. Christopher Keating from Courant.com has the story about a man described as enormously courageous during his tenure in the Federal Judiciary. After being named a federal judge by President Richard M. Nixon in one of [...]

This Day in History — The Supreme Court Orders School Integration

On October 29, 1969, The United States Supreme Court ordered that all school segregation must be done at once, overturning the enforcing doctrine established in 1954 of conducting the order in “all deliberate speed.” Before this issue came before the court in Alexander vs. Holmes Board County of Education, President Nixon had ordered a delay [...]

Featured Articles — October 29, 2007

Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad: A Two-Way or a Five-Way? — William Kristol Some alternative scenarios ‘Fairness’ Is Foul — Wall Street Journal Editorial Liberals vs. the First Amendment. How America must handle the falling dollar — Lawrence Summers The falling dollar generates anxiety almost everywhere. Americans and those dependent on American growth worry [...]

Featured Articles — October 28, 2007

Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad: Walking Into Iran’s Trap — David Ignatius Is the United States going to war with Iran? That’s what a Lebanese businessman here wants to know from a visiting American. If it’s war, he doesn’t want to make a big new investment in the region. New Hampshire Blues — Andrew [...]

Features Articles — October 27, 2007

Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad: Energy In The Executive — Hugh Hewitt This famous demand for a presidency capable of decisive action echoes through the week of fire in California. As the flames began to spread on Sunday, local and then state government mobilized in a decisive and effective response. Taking Reagan Out of [...]

Features Articles — October 26, 2007

Interesting Takes from Home and Abroad: Apocalypse No — Peggy Noonan The New Republic’s editors seem to have mistaken Vietnam movies for real life. Looking for Mr. Right — Patrick Buchanan “I was conservative yesterday, I’m a conservative today, and I will be a conservative tomorrow,” declared Fred Thompson to the Conservative Party of New [...]