The Docents at the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace had their annual “Refresher Course” on Saturday. Ron and I were both asked to speak. As you know, they are an amazing group of very knowledgeable and supportive representatives of the life and career of President Nixon. Many of them have told me that they love [...]

The Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace has a bumper crop of kumquats. The six beautiful trees, three on each side of the reflecting pool, are loaded with the picture perfect fruit. Daughter Marja and I couldn’t resist. We harvested the little flavor-bombs to make kumquat marmalade. I tried hard to find the Nixon/Kumquat historical background, [...]

A special birthday party was held at the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace yesterday. Over 3,400 Girl Scouts gathered to celebrate what would have been Pat Nixon’s 98th birthday, and what was the girl scouts 98th birthday. Both will be celebrated in even greater grandeur on their centennials. The theme this year was “Girl Scouts [...]

The Nixon Alumni Club lost another valued member recently. Alexander Haig. Ron and I were proud to call Al and Pat Haig friends, and it got me to thinking about them both. Al’s career has been quite amazing. He was an aide to General Douglas MacArthur and Cyrus Vance, Secretary of the Army under President [...]

On January 9, President Nixon would have turned 97 years old. We are celebrating his Legacy in Yorba Linda. Earlier this month, the Richard Nixon Foundation, and the folks at the National Archives co-sponsored a panel discussion “Domestic Policy Initiatives of the Nixon Years: Bringing Innovation and Progress to the American People.” It was great. [...]

It seems to me that we are hearing the term “Nixonian” used more often these days. Most recently when TV pundits were talking about the Obama Administrations criticism of Fox News. They talked a great deal about the Obama folks having an enemies list and how they were acting very “Nixonian.” I know they weren’t [...]