Tag Archives: Richard Nixon

The Rise of Decline

Posted on January 4, 2009 by Lee

You know you’re in an American recession when British observers start reflecting on the inevitability of American decline, and volunteering their allegedly privileged perspective gained from the fall of the British Empire (Mark Steyn, as always, excepted). So it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, History | Tagged 1960s, 1970s, 1987, American decline, American power, Americans, Barack Obama, British Empire, Declinism, foreign policy, futurism, hegemony, London Times, Matthew Parris, Obama, Paul Kennedy, recession, retirement home, Richard Nixon, Rise and Fall of the Great Powers, Soviet Union, United States | Leave a comment

Implications of the Pletka Purge

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Lee

Roland picks up an interesting piece by Jacob Heilbrunn for the National Interest, describing an ongoing purge of neoconservative intellectuals from the American Enterprise Institute, allegedly instigated by Vice President Danielle Pletka. So far Michael Ledeen and Reuel Marc Gerecht … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page, Military Matters | Tagged 1990s, 2004, AEI, AEI purge, American Enterprise Institute, anti-semitism, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, conflict resolution, constitutional democracy, cynicism, Danielle Pletka, democracy, diplomacy, Edward Shirley, Egypt, foreign policy, geostrategy, idealism, intellectuals, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jacob Heilbrunn, Joshua Muravchik, just war doctrine, M1 Abrams, machtpolitik, Michael Ledeen, Middle East, military, Muslim, neocons, neoconservatism, neoconservative, November, October, Pletka, Pletka Purge, purge, realism, realpolitiker, Republican establishment, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Richard Nixon, rogue states, Saudi Arabia, security policy, tanks, The National Interest, United States | 2 Comments

Nixon and Kissinger in Watchmen

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Lee

The newish montage for the screen version of Watchmen, has a fine scene of the Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger characters about mid way through it (video). Looks like they finally found an actor who could do the nose.

Posted in Culture | Tagged Alan Moore, alternative history, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, video, Watchmen | 5 Comments

Through a Kristol, Darkly

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Lee

Roland has some commentary on Bill Kristol‘s recent return to advocacy for “national greatness conservatism.” You have to love Matt Welch‘s assessment of this event in title: “Big-Government Conservative, After Helping Big-Government Conservatism Fail, Advocates Big-Government Conservatism.” Roland is more … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics | Tagged big government conservatism, Bill Kristol, Bush Administration, detente, George Bush, Matt Welch, national greatness conservatism, Reaganism, renaissance, Republican Party, Richard Nixon, Roland Dodds, Ronald Reagan | Leave a comment

Immunizing Sarah Palin

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Lee

(photo: Tom LeGro) Christopher Hitchens notices a pattern with anti-Palin rumors: their troubling tendency to turn out highly exaggerated or entirely fabricated, in a very short turn. [A]s often as I have forwarded some alarming e-mail about her from a … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page | Tagged 1960s, 1970s, 1980, character attacks, Christopher Hitchens, criticism, election, email, Gossip, Hitchens, left, Nixon, nuclear war, Palin, presidency, racism, Republican, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, rumors, Sarah Palin, Slate, teflon, Tom LeGro, Walter Dean Burnham | 4 Comments

A Republican Atavism

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Lee

John Podhoretz thinks the Palin speech might be among the most dazzling debuts in American political history. I don’t know about that, but I do know it was the most powerful, important, and effective speech by a vice presidential candidate … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, History, Media | Tagged American, Checkers, Democrats, Eisenhower, History, John Podhoretz, Macleans, Media, Nixon, Palin, Pearl Harbor, Richard Nixon, Sarah Palin, speech, Yamamoto | 2 Comments

Minor Scandals Can Help

Posted on September 1, 2008 by Lee

Apparently the teenage pregnancy of Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol has excited social conservatives even more about the candidate (for the when-it-counts demonstration of opposition to abortion). According to Grover Norquist, the soc-cons are “over the moon” in their support. That’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008, Lee's Page | Tagged abortion, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Brian Alexander, Bristol Palin, Checkers, cocaine, conservative, Domestic Politics, Eisenhower, evangelicals, family, Grover Norquist, MSNBC, Palin, Pregnancy, Richard Nixon, Sarah Palin, scandal, social conservatives, teenage pregnancy | 5 Comments