Nixon

  • Learning by failing

    NYT Opinion Page wants to debate about being informed vs being educated. With the dcline of Newsweek, readers have moved on to Google News (ironically, today celebrates National Print Day) and other mobile content. Short bursts: Obama won the debate. The Giants got chemistry. We will someday think that a tweet, 140 characters, is too long. Just like the…

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  • Left, Right, Gone!

    Jody Powell, Press Secretary under the Carter Administration, died a few years ago. William Safire, speech writer for President Nixon, also passed away soon afterwards. These two men left a legacy of words. Mr Safire was remembered more than his B/W iconic PR photo of the Cold War: He left us with a Dictionary of…

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