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A return to the roots of presidential debates
CNN.com· 2 hours agoCNN’s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash will moderate the meeting at CNN’s Atlanta studio and, unlike commission debates, there will be no live audience. That TV...
Supreme Court’s slow roll on deciding Trump’s immunity is the opposite of politics
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoCritics are decrying the long time the Supreme Court has taken to rule in a crucial Trump case,...
Let's not even call this a debate
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoThe optics of the televised debate became etched into history with the first presidential debate of 1960 between Vice President Richard Nixon< ...
Why I'm scared to death about Thursday
The Raw Story· 15 hours agoIn 1960, when I watched John F. Kennedy square off against Richard Nixon, character and temperament were the most important variables. Most people who listened ...
This week in history: June 24-30
World Socialist Web Site· 17 hours agoOn June 29, 1999, General Motors closed the doors of its Buick City complex in Flint, Michigan, its last operating car assembly plant in the city. The plant closure dealt a further blow to the ...
Mays' passing evokes memories of Razorbacks history
Sports Illustrated· 1 day agoMy simple explanation: it seems altogether appropriate because even the pretense of equality for African Americans arrived late in this country and...
Statehouse Beat: GOP today unrecognizable from a mere 50 years ago
The Charleston Gazette· 3 days agoPrice was an architect of and a leading advocate for Nixon’s Family Assistance Plan, which essentially would have replaced welfare with a guaranteed minimum income program ...
Today in History: June 24, Sally Ride completes historic space shuttle mission - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 20 hours agoToday in History Today is Monday, June 24, the 176th day of 2024. There are 190 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 24, 1983, the space shuttle Challenger — carrying America’s…
On This Day in History - June 22nd - Almanac - UPI.com
UPI· 3 days agoOn June 22, 1973, U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed a pledge to...
Today in History: Lizzie Borden found not guilty
Chicago Tribune· 5 days agoIn 1972, three days after the arrest of the Watergate burglars, President Richard Nixon met at the White House with his chief of staff ...