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Gerald Ford

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2006

    A Bad Day for Bush, and maybe waterboarding

    The Supreme Court today ruled the Bush administration must do one of those things it is always extremely reluctant to do: obey the law. By a vote of 5-3, the Supremes said the administration can't proceed with its plans to try prisoners at Guantanamo Bay before military tribunals. Writing for the m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2006

    Funky President: Gerald Ford & James Brown

    In a strange way, it is perhaps somewhat fitting that James Brown and Gerald Ford died within a day of each other, since Brown and Ford had a unique bond. As Brian Koller notes in his ePinions review of the James Brown compilation CD Disc Four: Godfather of Soul (1972-1984), "James Brown was proba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2008

    Why Won't the Times Print Obscene Jokes About Blacks?

    The Los Angeles Times ran an obituary today on Earl Butz, the Secretary of Agriculture under Yorba Linda boy Richard Nixon. Per the obit, "He was forced to resign his Cabinet post in October 1976 after telling an obscene joke that was derogatory to blacks." The Times, in its ever-genteel ways, didn' ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 4, 2001

    The Year in Bits: January- June

    The Los Angeles Times ran an obituary today on Earl Butz, the Secretary of Agriculture under Yorba Linda boy Richard Nixon. Per the obit, "He was forced to resign his Cabinet post in October 1976 after telling an obscene joke that was derogatory to blacks." The Times, in its ever-genteel ways, didn' ... More >>

  • Features

    January 4, 2001

    Year in Review

    The Los Angeles Times ran an obituary today on Earl Butz, the Secretary of Agriculture under Yorba Linda boy Richard Nixon. Per the obit, "He was forced to resign his Cabinet post in October 1976 after telling an obscene joke that was derogatory to blacks." The Times, in its ever-genteel ways, didn' ... More >>

  • Music

    April 5, 2001

    Up In Murk

    Evaporators front man Nardwuar keeps his past and present mythic

  • Columns

    September 26, 2002
  • News

    March 27, 2003

    Dollars and No Sense

    Does alma matter?

  • Film

    February 21, 2008
  • Features

    February 7, 2002

    Not Too Late for a War Crimes Tribunal

    He turns 91 this week, so its possible Ronald Reagan cant remember. But Jim Washburn cant forget

  • Columns

    January 25, 2007

    Diary of a Mad County

    Jan. 17-Jan. 23

  • Columns

    January 11, 2007
  • Columns

    May 18, 2006

    !Ask a Mexican!

    'Mexicans arent HispanicMexicans are Mexican'

  • Culture

    February 2, 2006

    For a Good Time . . .

    Ren & Stimpys John Kricfalusi really wants you to see his show. R-e-e-e-ally

  • Columns

    October 13, 2005

    A Clockwork Orange

    Ren & Stimpys John Kricfalusi really wants you to see his show. R-e-e-e-ally

  • Web

    August 4, 2005

    A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

    Ren & Stimpys John Kricfalusi really wants you to see his show. R-e-e-e-ally

  • Columns

    July 7, 2005

    Diary of a Mad County

    Ren & Stimpys John Kricfalusi really wants you to see his show. R-e-e-e-ally

  • Features

    January 1, 2004

    Cruelty to an Animal

    The Year in Mickey Mouses 75th birthday

  • Columns

    October 9, 2003

    Spy the Friendly Skies

    The Year in Mickey Mouses 75th birthday

  • Columns

    September 11, 2003

    The People Love Loud

    Notes from the American Idol Tour

  • Columns

    September 27, 2001

    What Would Jesus Do?

    Its what George dont

  • Features

    February 15, 2001

    Balboa Bay Bombshell

    Nixons favorite sex kitten, Mamie Van Doren, flourishes online and off

  • Columns

    January 4, 2001

    Year in Review

    Nixons favorite sex kitten, Mamie Van Doren, flourishes online and off

  • News

    August 17, 2000

    Rifling Victorias Drawers

    The Smoking Gun picks copyright fight with panty peddler

  • Columns

    June 1, 2000

    If You Believe They Put Mine on the Moon

    The Smoking Gun picks copyright fight with panty peddler

  • News

    August 19, 1999

    Coming Out!

    Jim Toledano is a married father of two. Now the Democratic leader is ready for a new role: Gay activist

  • News

    October 8, 1998

    They Live!

    Nixon symps seize on Clinton sex romp as evidence that Dick was a good guy!

  • News

    November 28, 1996

    The Selling of Bob Dornan

    Nixon symps seize on Clinton sex romp as evidence that Dick was a good guy!

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2009

    All Sides Love Telling Illin' Cali to Pound Sand

    Finally, an issue has come along that has united people of all political stripes all over the country: the U.S. Government's refusal to bail out California (at least for now). Most bloggers used today's Washington Post story as a jumping-off point to analyze the development. While they were all over ... More >>

  • Film

    June 11, 2009

    In This Subway Series, the 1974 'The Taking of Pelham One Two Three' Wins

    Finally, an issue has come along that has united people of all political stripes all over the country: the U.S. Government's refusal to bail out California (at least for now). Most bloggers used today's Washington Post story as a jumping-off point to analyze the development. While they were all over ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2009

    When Celebrity Dish Names Go Mental

    ​Gwen Stefani may have left town --along with the rest of No Doubt--after a four-night run in Irvine, but I wonder if she had time to eat the dish named after her at the Anaheim White House while she was in OC.Yes, indeed, Ravioli Gwen Stefani--lobster-filled ravioli with basil on a sauce of ginge ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2010

    OC Gay Republican Dreams of Beating President Barack Obama

    Fred Karger: spinning himself to the White House?​Deep inside the anti-gay Orange County GOP curtain, Fred Karger--a 60-year-old gay Laguna Beach resident, actor and longtime Republican political consultant--has formed an official presidential exploratory committee in hopes of toppling P ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Six Presidential Encounters with Mexican Food, Ranked from Best to Worst

    The only president that matters today...​So today is Cinco de Mayo blah blah blah blah. But instead of offering you places to drinko, your humble scribe likes learnin' people stuff, you know, the more arcane the better. So what more-random topic than a quick overview of American presidents and the ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2011

    In Fred Karger's Presidential Run, GOP Stands for Gay Old Party

    The OC resident and onetime Republican hatchet man hopes his quixotic campaign can push his party to become more gay-friendly

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Barry H. Landau, "America's Presidential Historian," and Supposedly Sticky Fingers Felt Up Nixon Library

    ​You may have read or heard about Barry H. Landau, who calls himself "America's presidential historian," getting arrested July 9 at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore for allegedly stealing historical documents, including ones signed by Abraham Lincoln.Did Landau visit our Nixon Presiden ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Timothy Naftali, Nixon Library Chief, is Leaving

    "One lie I corrected was this big."​Timothy Naftali, the George H.W. Bush biographer and respected historian the National Archives chose to run the Richard Nixon Library and Museum in Yorba Linda after the disgraced 37th president's loyalists from a private foundation first built and operated the ... More >>

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