What happens a career hits a dead-end? I was thinking about Eric Clapton the other day. In the early 1973, Clapton was addicted to drugs and his career was in the dumps. Not very many people remember those times, in part because he rebuilt his career, and his guitar legacy only grew. In America, second … More Left for Dead: Amazing Career Resurrections
Richard Nixon told David Frost, “If it hadn’t been for Martha, there would have been no Watergate.” Let that sink in. What Nixon meant was the time her husband John Mitchell spent on wife Martha, he was not tracking and making sure the various nefarious deeds of the Nixon re-election campaign and keeping them from … More Martha Mitchell: Washington Personality, Wife of Attorney General John Mitchell, and American Folk Hero
“The President must always comes first. ‘He was born to do this job – and he’s perfect!’” – H.R. Haldeman Watergate was 50 years ago, great time to publish a book. What I expected was a word or two of remorse or regret, but you won’t find it in this book. Dwight Chapin was a … More Dwight Chapin book: The President’s Man
U.S. Presidents have different plans after that final exit from the White House. For some, a quiet life of golf and writing memoirs, for others it means speeches and staying in the public eye. The presidential memoir is a lucrative endeavor and also an opportunity to “set the record straight” so to speak. Each president … More After the White House
The subtitle is: A Reporter Remembers Watergate. A subtitle to the subtitle might be: Who is Richard Nixon, a question Brokaw tries to answer. Retired news anchor Brokaw has written several books including The Greatest Generation, a huge bestseller. Brokaw returns with a subject quite familiar to him, Richard Nixon. Brokaw traces events of 1973 … More Tom Brokaw: The Fall of Richard Nixon
Why dig up ancient history? Because 45 years after Watergate, we seem to be going down a similar path. It’s amazing that we have forgotten how the country teetered on the brink. As a nation we faced a constitutional crisis with a President who believed he could bend the law to defend and serve himself. … More Lessons from Watergate
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