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McManus: Following Rove's muddy path
President Obama owes Karl Rove a thank-you note. During last year's election campaign, Rove and other Republicans showed how federal tax law could be stretched to turn a political committee into a "social welfare" organization. These nonprofit...
Tags: Gun Control, Advertising, Parties and Movements, Pension and Welfare, Politics
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Dueling over Watergate
In his March 1 Op-Ed article UC Irvine historian Jon Wiener criticized the Nixon Library's "Patriot, President, Peacemaker" exhibit for glossing over Watergate, which prompted former library docent Paul Carter to write in a letter published Wednesday:...
Tags: Barack Obama, International Military Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hugo Chavez, Arts and Culture
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Letters: Revisiting Watergate
Re "Another Watergate gap," Opinion, March 1 UC Irvine history professor Jon Wiener is right to question the absence of leadership and oversight by the National Archives in its direction of the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum. That said, I...
Tags: Barack Obama, Arts and Culture, Libraries
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Ed Miller dies at 87; longtime D.A. for San Diego County
Ed Miller, who served as San Diego County district attorney for 24 years and, beginning in the scandal-ridden 1970s, was a major figure in reforming the city's political, business and law enforcement establishment, has died. He was 87. Miller died...
Tags: Local Elections, Laws, Law Enforcement, Business Enterprises, Politics
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Another Watergate gap
The Nixon Presidential Library and Museum opened a new exhibit in Yorba Linda and online Feb. 15, "Patriot, President, Peacemaker." It covers Richard Nixon's entire life, like the permanent installation there, and claims to present "a fuller picture" than...
Tags: FBI, Museums, Central Intelligence Agency, White House, Arts and Culture
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Stanley Karnow dies at 87; author of epic Vietnam history
Stanley Karnow, an award-winning author and journalist who combined insightful reporting with personal accounts and historical sweep in books on the Vietnam War and the Philippines and the critically acclaimed public television series that accompanied the...
Tags: Manila (Philippines), Audrey Hepburn, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Southeast Asia, Christian Dior
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Deficit-deluded tea party Republicans love the sequester scheme
The delusions of tea party Republicans are about to create a lot of misery for America. The "sequester" -- the drastic set of budget cuts formerly known as the "fiscal cliff" -- seems very likely to go into effect at the end of this week due in no small...
Tags: Radio, Entertainment, Public Finance, Science and Technology, Labor Legislation
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Marking Richard Nixon's 100th birthday -- with a map
L.A. NOWRichard Nixon map: "Native Son Richard Nixon's Southern California: My Life on a Map!" follows the life of the only White House occupant born and raised in Southern California.... -
Clara Jane Nixon dies at 93; sister-in-law of President Nixon
Her famous brother-in-law had not yet been elected president. But he already had been vice president, as well as a U.S. senator and a congressman from California, and Clara Jane Nixon wanted to preserve some of his family history. So, beginning in 1967,...
Tags: Politics, Obituaries, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice
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Surfers, Marines in a tussle over Trestles
A disagreement over a well-known slice of the Southern California coast is threatening to drive a wedge between Marines and surfers, groups that had recently set aside differences and become political allies. At issue is the 2.25-mile stretch of surf...
Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Mark Wyland, The Beach Boys, Human Interest
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Rex Scouten dies at 88; longtime White House chief usher
Rex Scouten, whose 48-year career in the White House began with the Trumans and ended with the Clintons, and whose duties included helping first families transition to their oversized new home, died Feb. 20 at a hospital near his home in Fairfax, Va. He...
Tags: U.S. Army, John F. Kennedy, White House, Harry S. Truman, Politics
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For Presidents' Day: 'Red Wine, White House'
Up at WineSpectator.com for Presidents' Day, a story called “Red Wine, White House” by Ben O’Donnell details how Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan and their successors “helped propel American wine to the top of the world.”...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Alcoholic Beverages, Downton Abbey (tv program), Wines, Politics
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