Tag Archives: Nixon

Why “Fast and Furious” is so Under-Reported

During the last distraction of ‘Weinergate‘, then CIA Head Leon Panetta had his Senate confirmation hearing for head of the Department of Defense. Normally that would gather attention, but it was Weinergate that soaked up all the headlines. The same is now occurring with Olso Bombing/Anders Behring Breivik and The Debt Ceiling Crisis with Operation [...]

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Solid Principles Podcast: Episode 30

Solid Principles Podcast: Episode 30 The Presidential Tapes: Between FDR and Nixon, the White House secretly recorded meetings, telephone conversations, and press conferences unbeknown to the participants involved.  The bulk of these recordings are housed at the Presidential Recordings Program or on-line at whitehousetapes.net.  On this edition, Solid Principles speaks with Professor David Coleman, Chair [...]

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The most spectacularly failed president since Woodrow Wilson

This powerful essay was sent to me by someone I only know through our conversations on a chatbox on one of the political blogs I frequent. He has sent me other articles over the course of the last six months or so, one or two of which I have published as front page blogs. Due [...]

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