Posts Tagged ‘Nixon’
Recalling Watergate and “Woodstein” after 50 years
June 17, 1972 was not Dec. 7, 1941, nor was it Sept. 11, 2001, or Jan. 6, 2021. But it remains a date that will live in infamy, and in…
Read MoreInaugurals Past and Present: Seeking Unity, Not Insurrection
It was less than six months after the infamous Watergate break-in when Richard Nixon, seeking his second presidential term, buried Democrat George McGovern in an electoral landslide and prepared to…
Read MoreWe Gather Together–Apart
Happy Thanksgiving! (Or Happy Day After Thanksgiving, if you are seeing this on Friday) Today’s papers are filled with solemn holiday columns commenting on the sadness and irony we are…
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