TWO ADVERSARIES, TWO LEGACIES
August 9, 2024, will mark an anniversary increasingly fewer Americans remember: Fifty years to the weekday that Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th President of the United States, resigned in disgrace....
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August 9, 2022, marked an anniversary increasingly fewer Americans remember: Forty-eight years to the day that Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th President of the United States, resigned in disgrace....
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August 9, 2020, marked an anniversary increasingly fewer Americans remember: Forty-six years to the day that Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th President of the United States, resigned in disgrace. Benjamin...
View ArticleCOWARDICE–NOT TRUTH–RULES AT THE WASHINGTON POST
During the early and mid-1950s, “CBS” came to have two meanings. For the overwhelming majority of Americans, it stood for “Columbia Broadcasting System.” But for many of the reporters and editors...
View ArticleTWO LIVES, TWO LEGACIES
Benjamin C. Bradlee and Richard M. Nixon. Both men were driven to succeed. And both achieved fame and power in doing so. Bradlee made his name in journalism. Benjamin C. Bradlee Nixon made his in...
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Benjamin C. Bradlee and Richard M. Nixon. Both men were driven to succeed. And both achieved fame and power in doing so. Bradlee made his name in journalism. Benjamin C. Bradlee Nixon made his in...
View ArticleGOVERNMENT AS IT REALLY WORKS: PART TWO (END)
In 1972, 41 years before Edward Snowden revealed that the National Security Agency was spying on the Internet, David Halberstam issued a warning about government secrecy. As a young reporter for the...
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Millions of Americans are outraged to find that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been running a program to spy on the Internet. National Security Agency Created in 1952, the NSA is the largest...
View ArticleGOVERNMENT AS IT REALLY WORKS: PART TWO (END)
In 1972, 41 years before Edward Snowden revealed that the National Security Agency was spying on the Internet, David Halberstam issued a warning about government secrecy. As a reporter for The New York...
View ArticleGOVERNMENT AS IT REALLY WORKS: PART ONE (OF TWO)
Millions of Americans are outraged to find that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been running a program to spy on the Internet. National Security Agency Created in 1952, the NSA is the largest...
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