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Posted inFeature, History, Nonfiction, Story, Uncategorized

Glass, Pie, Candle, Gun

by Sean Howe May 13, 2019October 19, 2022

Before he founded High Times, Tom Forcade was a renegade journalist willing to throw a pie—or a lawsuit—in the face of anyone restricting his constitutional freedoms.

Posted inCommentary, Nonfiction, Uncategorized

When Richard Nixon Declared War on the Media

by Matt Giles November 8, 2018October 19, 2022

Jim Acosta isn’t the first reporter to be barred from the White House—when Stuart Loory reported on the possibility that Richard Nixon was bilking taxpayers, he found himself on the president’s enemies list.

Posted inProfiles & Interviews, Story

An Inquiry Into Abuse

by Elon Green August 23, 2018October 19, 2022

Allegations that Richard Nixon beat his wife, Pat Nixon, have circulated for decades without serious examination by the journalists who covered his presidency. It’s time to look more closely at what’s been hiding in plain view.

Posted inArts & Culture, Blog Post

The 1972 Movie of the 1969 Musical, “1776”

by Pam Mandel July 6, 2017October 19, 2022

The scene was restored, but thanks to Richard Nixon, a song about conservatism was cut from the 1972 movie “1776.”

Posted inCurrent Events, Story

The Bitter History of Law and Order in America

by Andrea Pitzer April 6, 2017October 19, 2022

It has stifled suffrage, blamed immigrants for chaos, and suppressed civil rights. It’s also how Donald Trump views the entire world.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Joe McGinniss: 1942-2014

by Longreads March 10, 2014October 19, 2022

Nixon had refused the teleprompter from the start. He kept all the figures—crime rising nine times as fast … 300 cities … 200 dead … 7,000 injured … 43 percent of the American people afraid … He kept them all in his head, like the date of the Battle of Hastings. Now he was starting […]

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