Richard Nixon Articles

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of America’s 35th president. On 22 November 1963, John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, after only 34 months in office. His is the ‘Unfinished Life,’ in the words of his biographer Robert Dallek....

Everyone knows the war on drugs has failed. So why doesn't the public want change? Yet another call has been made for an end to the so-called ‘war on drugs’, this time from former United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan. Like so many politicians who recognise the...

As ‘Double-Dip’ George prepares for his U-turn and, in the words of Mary Riddell, announces a splurge of spending, there is an uncanny sense that we are reliving the 1970s. After the 25 years of mixed economy, state-owned, welfare state society that was put in place...