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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Missing Nixon Yet?
August 9, 2014 – I remember exactly what I was doing and where I was forty years ago today when President Nixon resigned. I was vacationing at my parents’ home on Route 20 West in Morrisville, N.Y., watching his speech the … Continue reading
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The Bombs of August: “An Extremely Dangerous Precedent”
[Adapted from an article I wrote a few years ago for the National Council of Churches.] The way Harry Truman saw it in August 1945, there was a sickening possibility that the Second World War would end in a historic … Continue reading
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Rockefeller Republicans
If you remember moderate Republicans, you also remember green stamps and dial telephones. In the sixties, some Republicans even leaned into the liberal column. They included Mark Hatfield of Oregon, Jacob Javits of New York, and – for a period … Continue reading
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