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6/19/2022

Watergate at 50: Did Kennedy Loyalists Squelch a 1968 "October Surprise" that Could Have Beaten Nixon?

by James H. Barron

Did Democratic party insiders bury the story of Richard Nixon receiving campaign funds from the Greek military junta because they disliked the Greek exile journalist who broke the news?

SOURCE: Democracy Now!
6/15/2022

Garrett Graff: A "Conspiratorial Mindset" Links Trump and Nixon Actions

Garrett Graff, author of "Watergate: A New History" argues that both January 6 and Watergate were the logical culminations of the broader politics of the Trump and Nixon administrations and the movements that sustained them.

SOURCE: Washington Post
6/12/2022

From Trust in Institutions to Partisan Polarization: The Legacy of Watergate at 50

Garrett M. Graff calls the events set in motion by the 1972 burglary a dividing line in history that changed the political culture forever.

4/12/2022

On "Smoking Guns"—Yesterday and Today (and Tomorrow?)

by Jim Zirin

As text messages between Donald Jr. and Mark Meadows surface, it seems the last roadblock to a prosecution of Donald Trump over January 6 is a lack of will, not a lack of evidence.

SOURCE: The Atlantic
4/6/2022

Trump Can't Just Erase History the Way Nixon Tried to Do

by Tim Naftali

"The newly reported Trumpian gap may actually be easier to fill in, and therefore less of a threat to the historical record than Nixon’s."

SOURCE: The Watergate Story
4/4/2022

Watergate at 50: The Consequences of Impunity

by Barry Sussman

The Washington Post's City Editor at the time of the Watergate breakin launches a series of posts on the ongoing legacy of the scandal. This one discusses the legacy of elite impunity that resulted from the failure to prosecute Richard Nixon.

3/13/2022

Richard Nixon Made one of the Most Successful Political Comebacks in History. Trump Ignores His Playbook

by Donne Levy

Donald Trump is departing in multiple ways from the comeback strategy of Richard Nixon. Is this a political mistake, or a reflection of a different Republican Party and a different age of politics?

2/27/2022

Irwin Gellman Asks: Did JFK Steal Victory in the "Campaign of the Century"?

by Justin P. Coffey

Irwin Gellman's latest volume in his political history of Nixon argues the 1960 election returns in Illinois and Texas were rigged for Kennedy. A reviewer finds the case is intriguing but falls short of solid proof, though it does resonate with charges of stolen elections and media favoritism that are all too familiar today.

9/12/2021

The Missed Lesson of Vietnam: Plan for Unconditional Victory or Don't Intervene at All

by James D. Robenalt

Comparisons between American withdrawal from Vietnam and Afghanistan miss a key point: failure was overwhelmingly likely from the beginning because, if the United States was unwilling or unable to secure unconditional surrender, time was on the side of its foes.

6/6/2021

Whataboutism Didn't Get Nixon Off the Hook. It Shouldn't Stop Investigation of the Capitol Riots

by James Robenalt

There's a long and ignominious tradition of playing "whatabout" to thwart investigations into official misconduct, so it's no surprise the move was part of Republicans' rejection of a January 6 commission.

6/6/2021

John Cena's Taiwan Controversy Recalls Richard Nixon's Biggest Mistake

by Justin Coffey

John Cena's recent social media kerfuffle over Taiwan reflects the legacy of Richard Nixon's acquiescence to a "One China" policy advanced by the People's Republic, in hindsight the worst error of his presidency.

SOURCE: New York Times
4/10/2021

Ramsey Clark, Attorney General and Rebel With a Cause, Dies at 93

Ramsey Clark's tenure as Attorney General saw the aggressive enforcement of civil rights law; his liberalism strained his relationship with Lyndon Johnson, who blamed Clark in part for energizing the "silent majority" that led Richard Nixon to victory. He continued in private life to represent unpopular defendants and oppose American militarism.

4/11/2021

Gordon Liddy and the Greek Connection to Watergate

by James H. Barron

The recent death of Watergate conspirator G. Gordon Liddy has sparked renewed interest in the intricacies of the affair. The author argues that the material the "Plumbers" sought in the burglary related to a Greek journalist's efforts to expose illegal contributions by the Greek dictatorship to the 1968 election campaign of Richard Nixon.

SOURCE: New York Times
3/22/2021

Filmmaker’s Suit Says A&E Networks Suppressed ‘Watergate’ Series

A documentarian is suing the A&E cable network claiming it didn't promote his 2018 Watergate series out of deference to Trump voters. The network says the decision was based on ratings and defends its record of airing controversial subjects.

SOURCE: New York Daily News
3/9/2021

The Truth Will Come Out: As With Nixon, Time Will Darken Views Of Trump And His Supporters

by Elizabeth Holtzman

The former New York Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, who pushed for articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon, argues that that president's partisan supporters looked foolish when even more facts came to light. Will the same happen to Trump's congressional allies?

2/28/2021

The "War on Cancer" at 50: The Most Fruitful Failure in Human History

by Judith L. Pearson

Announced by Richard Nixon in 1971, the "War on Cancer" has not yielded a cure. But it has driven research that has deepened understanding of cancers and developed life-saving treatments, while erasing ignorance and stigma. It has been one of humanity's most successful failures.

2/14/2021

What Becomes of a Broken Party?

by James Robenalt

The Republican Party seems to be refusing the opportunity to save itself by rejecting Trumpism. His acquittal in a second Senate trial means he will be free to demand the party bend to his will or be destroyed.

SOURCE: The New Yorker
1/15/2021

The Lessons of the Nixon Pardon

Isaac Chotiner interviews Rick Perlstein on the nature of presidential misconduct and accountability.

SOURCE: Washington Post
12/15/2020

James Flug, Who Helped Block Nixon Nominees and Investigated Watergate, Dies at 81

James Flug, an aide to Senator Ted Kennedy, played a significant role in Senate investigations and in the successful political opposition to Richard Nixon's Supreme Court nominations of Clement Haynsworth and G. Harrold Carswell.

SOURCE: National Geographic
12/4/2020

The Contentious History of U.S. Presidential Pardons—From the Whiskey Rebellion to Watergate

Rumors that Donald Trump has considered offering preemptive pardons to his children and inner circle of advisors prompt a consideration of the history of the pardon power.