Tag: Richard Nixon
Littwin: What’s next, Comey sleeping with the fishes?
At first blush, it may look as if Donald Trump has finally gone the full Nixon. But if there's one thing we can safely...
Littwin: RNC Day One – Nixonian rhetoric and a bit of...
Day One of the Republican National Convention was not so much about Making America Great Again as it was about the obvious corollary: America...
Littwin: Ted Cruz for president, because he seems just like a...
As Ted Cruz took the stage at Liberty University to announce that he's running for president as the One True Conservative, it suddenly occurred...
Nixon’s parting shot: ‘Have a merry Christmas, fellas!’
It was forty years ago, a hot August day in the nation's swampy capital. Nixon got up from the desk. "Have a merry Christmas, fellas!" he said to the CBS camera crew as he strode out of the room.
Wiretap: Christie press conference nowhere near as long or horrible as...
Yes, the Chris Christie press conferences is finally over. The question remains: Is Chris Christie finished, too?
In newly released grand jury testimony, Nixon leaned on familiar national...
Richard Nixon is perhaps the best-known outed liar in history. In 1975, the year after he resigned in disgrace and was lifted away from the White House in a helicopter, the ex-president gave testimony before a grand jury investigating his administration. University of Wisconsin professor Stanley Kutler recently persuaded a federal judge to release the transcript for its public educational value. A quick scan of the trove of documents reveals a Cold War defense of secrecy, where Nixon leans on his idea of America's special role as defender of freedom in the world to lie to his questioners. The line of argument will strike a familiar note to critics of Bush-Obama national security policies that have run over concerns for government accountability, civil rights and individual liberties.
Vail icon Betty Ford remembered for speaking out on ERA, addiction,...
Vail Valley icon and former first lady Betty Ford passed away at the age of 93 on Friday, leaving a legacy of outspoken support for women’s issues and those suffering from breast cancer, drug and alcohol addiction.
Book Beat: Drew on Nixon
Illegal wiretapping.
Searching for executive office leakers.
Pitting intelligence agencies against one another.
A top executive competing with the president for power.
An unpopular war defended as...