Richard Nixon

Criticizing Fox News isn't "Nixonian." But Fox News is Criticizing Fox News isn't "Nixonian." But Fox News is

Pundits are making false comparisons between Obama and Nixon. They have no idea what they're talking about
By Joe Conason Oct 22, 2009

  • Bush's final assessment: 34 percent approval

    The president is leaving office with the lowest approval rating since Richard Nixon.
    By Vincent Rossmeier January 14, 2009

  • Obama and the dawn of the Fourth Republic

    His victory really may mark the beginning of a new era in American history.
    By Michael Lind November 7, 2008

  • Walking on air

    Twin towers wire-walker Philippe Petit and "Man on Wire" director James Marsh talk about taking risks and making magic in troubled times.
    By Andrew O'Hehir July 26, 2008

  • Was Hillary channeling George Wallace?

    Hillary's reckless exploitation of racial division could split the Democratic Party over race -- a tragic legacy for the Clintons.
    By Joe Conason May 9, 2008

  • Dick Cheney was never a "grown-up"

    A hard look at how one man changed the face of neoconservatism.
    By Sidney Blumenthal April 14, 2008

  • The most left-wing president since Nixon?

    Why the right wing fears a possible President Obama: His political honeymoon would be so charmed he might actually get things done.
    By Andrew Leonard February 19, 2008

  • The Republicans who would've impeached Bush?

    Not so long ago, members of Congress put the rule of law above partisan politics and loyalty to the White House.
    By Vincent Rossmeier November 26, 2007

  • Goodbye, Mr. Bush

    The Republican will to power remains ferocious. It will take a dauntless Democratic leader to win back the White House and restore dignity to the Constitution.
    By Sidney Blumenthal November 15, 2007

  • He's No. 1!

    More Americans "strongly disapprove" of Bush's job performance than they did of Nixon's.
    By Tim Grieve November 7, 2007

  • The raven has flown

    I've missed out on Halloween, my only chance to open my beak and screech a prophetic message, "Nevermore!"
    By Garrison Keillor November 7, 2007

  • Fred Thompson's revealing back story

    In his Watergate memoir, the would-be president is remarkably honest about his conflict as a loyal Republican confronted with his president's perfidy. Imagine such a Republican today.
    By Walter Shapiro August 23, 2007

  • Are Democrats really so lame?

    Republicans are on the ropes, but yet another mainstream media star says it's Democrats who are in trouble, thanks to Bush-hating bloggers and billionaires. Here we go again.
    By Joan Walsh August 21, 2007

  • There's always Nixon

    The good news for Bush: He's only the second most unpopular president of all time.
    By Tim Grieve July 5, 2007

  • Nixon knows best

    Richard Nixon continues to fascinate and repel us. On the 35th anniversary of Watergate, is it time to stop kicking Dick around and reconsider his accomplishments?
    By Allen Barra June 15, 2007

  • Fred Thompson's biggest role yet

    In Orange County, the ex-Tennessee senator, "Law and Order" star and possible '08 contender acts presidential for a night.
    By Michael Scherer May 8, 2007

  • Follow the e-mails

    The discovery of a previously unknown treasure chest of e-mails buried by the Bush administration may prove to be as informative as Nixon's secret White House tapes.
    By Sidney Blumenthal March 29, 2007

  • The Pentagon's not-so-little secret

    As the president and Republicans continue to hype the surge -- and stifle debate about it -- Bush's own war planners are preparing for failure in Iraq.
    By Sidney Blumenthal February 8, 2007

  • Ghosts of dirty tricks past

    The right-wing smear campaign against Barack Obama, with its telltale twist of linking Hillary Clinton to the attack, is classic Watergate.
    By Joe Conason January 26, 2007

  • No time to heal

    Ford's posthumous condemnation of the Iraq war shows that the struggle for the soul of the GOP begun in the Nixon years is as relevant now as ever.
    By Sidney Blumenthal January 3, 2007

  • The man who ended our Nixon nightmare

    Although ultimately an ineffective leader, Gerald Ford was the right person for the presidency in the wake of the Watergate crisis.
    By Walter Shapiro December 28, 2006
Page 1 of 5    oldest ⇒
Salon Directory › r › Richard Nixon (106 stories)

From Salon's blogs