by jpitney | Aug 4, 2025 | Economic Policy, Nixon
Philip Rossetti at R Street: A number of political candidates who promote price freezes—also called price controls—in industries like housing have recently won electoral victories. This trend makes it worth asking what will happen if the government freezes energy...
by jpitney | Aug 9, 2024 | Nixon, Presidency
Richard Nixon, fifty years ago today: It is only a beginning, always. The young must know it; the old must know it. It must always sustain us, because the greatness comes not when things go always good for you, but the greatness comes and you are really tested, when...
by jpitney | Oct 7, 2023 | Foreign Policy, International Relations, Israel, Nixon
Hamas attacked Israel on the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War. In 1973, Richard Nixon prevented Israel’s annihilation. From the Nixon Foundation: Richard Nixon’s role, and that of those within his Administration, in the Yom Kippur War has been credited...
by jpitney | Apr 29, 2023 | Elections, Nixon
Concerns about age and health are nothing new in presidential campaigns. In 1956, Adlai Stevenson crudely exploited President Eisenhower’s heart attack. He tried to frighten voters with the prospect that Vice President Nixon would soon succeed Ike. “And distasteful...
by jpitney | Feb 7, 2023 | Civility, Congress, Nixon
Don Wolfensberger at The Hill: My first day working on the Hill, Jan. 20, 1969, coincided with President Richard Nixon’s first inauguration. Having observed from afar our country tearing itself apart in the late 1960s, with urban riots and anti-war protests, one of...
by jpitney | Aug 10, 2022 | Nixon
Richard Nixon to the White House staff, 48 years ago yesterday: We want you to be proud of what you have done. We want you to continue to serve in government, if that is your wish. Always give your best, never get discouraged, never be petty; always remember, others...
