WCD being what it is, we are compelled to note the passing of Charles “Chuck” Colson, Watergate conspirator and Nixon’s “dirty tricks artist” (as described by the WP), who converted to Christianity and founded a prison ministry.
Archive for the ‘Nixon’ Category
Obit watch: April 22, 2012.
Sunday, April 22nd, 2012TMQ watch: March 6, 2012.
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012TMQ generally does not publish outside of the NFL regular season (though Easterbrook does do a couple of columns around draft time). But as soon as the Saints scandal broke, we were expecting TMQ to say something, because:
- Gregg Easterbrook has been out in front about player safety issues in the NFL, especially concussions.
- The scandal intimately involves the man TMQ refers to as “the tastefully named Gregg Williams”.
We’ve been watching Page 2 for a couple of days now, but oddly, the first notice we had that Easterbrook’s commentary was up came by way of Pope Jim the First on his Twitter feed. We’ll get to that in a moment. Let’s get started with this special edition of TMQ:
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? and other random notes for February 2, 2012.
Thursday, February 2nd, 2012Obit watch: Angelo Dundee, Muhammad Ali’s corner man.
Mike Kelley, L.A. based visual artist. There’s also a well-done appreciation of his work at the A/V Club website.
And I’m a little late on this, but wanted to note it anyway: Ian Abercrombie.
In other news, the fun never stops with the Harris County District Attorney’s office. I missed the actual report (I can’t get Houston’s Channel 13 in Austin), but BlogHouston and The Hon. Murray Newman have links. In brief, DA Lykos basically admitted that, yes, she ordered investigators in her office to “research” (as she puts it; other people use the word “investigate”) members of the 185th Grand Jury, as well as the special prosecutors and the judges involved with the grand jury.
I don’t think I am overstating things to suggest that the HCDA’s office is starting to look positively Nixonian.
Whoa, Nellie.
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011Latest update from the runaway Harris County grand jury:
They’re asking for an extension of their term, and for the district judge who set up the grand jury to appoint a special prosecutor.
They’ve also issued subpoenas to at least some of the assistant DAs in the office. Wonderful thing, a subpoena.
More from the Honorable Murray Newman.
Edited to add: And more from The Hon. Mr. Newman. I do loves me a good Nixon reference.
TMQ watch: August 16, 2011.
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011Tuesday! Tuesday! Tuesday! Nitro-burning Tuesday Morning Quarterback after the jump!
Dinner with Dick.
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011Or “Nixon In China: The Dinner”:
I’d always thought that Nixon had rather crappy taste in food; his cottage cheese with catsup is notorious. However, at least according to this web site (which provides sources) the catsup thing is a base canard, and the Nixon family was quite fond of seafood. That puts the shrimp dishes in a new light.
I tried searching for maotai online, but couldn’t find any sources. However, I did turn up this Washingtonian article that goes into more detail about the banquet.
TMQ watch: November 16, 2010.
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010Welcome back, Gregg. We missed you. Well, mostly, we missed the cheerleader pictures.
Elvis est mort.
Thursday, January 14th, 2010Not that I want to become the LAT clipping service, but:
You know that iconic photo of Elvis and Nixon shaking hands?
Yeah, that one.
Anyway, the LAT has an interesting article on how this photo came about.
Copies of that photo — the president in his charcoal suit, the king of rock ‘n’ roll in his purple velvet cape — are requested more than just about any of the archives’ treasures, including the Constitution.
You can request copies of the Constitution from the National Archives? Can I request copies and have them sent to other people?
There’s also a section devoted to this photo on the NARA website.