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Michael Moodian: Debating Nixon

Michael A. Moodian

Michael Moodian: Debating Nixon

‘Mrs Nixon’ by Anne Beattie

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‘Mrs Nixon’ by Anne Beattie

‘Starlight’ by Anne Beattie

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‘Starlight’ by Anne Beattie

James Madison and the Corporations

James Madison and the Corporations

WWRD

Eisenhower’s warnings about the military-industrial complex now look dramatically understated…

‘Obama knew little economics, however, and he took the word of the orthodox…’

‘Obama knew little economics, however, and he took the word of the orthodox…’

The author of Wired thinks ‘hardwired’ is a really good word…

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‘White House Diary’ by Jimmy Carter

Inscrutable George

Inscrutable George

Monica Lewinsky and “the brace”

‘And never was a war so popular as the one that a band of influential Americans provoked in 1898 against Spain over the remnants of its decaying empire’

All the Presidents’ Bookshelves

‘Mr. Nixon never did anything wrong unless someone else had done something like it first. And all evil disappears if it has a precedent.’

Slideshow:

All Presidents Are Above Average

Carter the Unstoppable Comparison Machine

Bill Clinton’s desire to join Genghis Khan’s horde