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Harry S. Truman

  • 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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    Will Dream Act Passage Prompt OC Protest of Gov. Jerry Brown?

    ​Despite its reputation as a right wing political stronghold, Orange County of recent times has been a hotbed of progressive activism. You name the subject--war, gay rights, Islamophobia, corporate power, racism, animal rights and the environment--and local liberals have consistently hit the stree ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2010

    Rep. Barney Frank Receives Death Threat After OC Event

    ​Following OC Weekly's Saturday night blog post coverage of protesters at the Orange County Democratic Party event featuring Barney Frank as keynote speaker someone left a death threat comment against the Massachusetts Democratic congressman."BF will be shot and dead next time he shows his fa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 28, 2010

    Protesters Greet Barney Frank in Orange County

    Frank speaking​Late this afternoon more than 40 protesters greeted the arrival of Congressman Barney Frank in Orange County, but the sentiments weren't welcoming in the place once hailed as "Reagan Country." "No more [Sen. Barbara] Boxer!" the protesters shouted repeatedly in unison as a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2010

    Sunday News Notes

    ​Sunday highlights from the local media include:NEW MOONINGThe annual mooning of Amtrak train passengers happened yesterday in Laguna Hills and the OC Register was there to take pictures and video of the "nearly 100" participants. For the front page of the local section story, the Reg published a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Who Says Orange County's Gotten More Liberal?

    Last Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi came to Orange County, this nation's famed hotbed of the political Right, and all we got were these--well, okay--great photographs of demonstrators.Chris Victorio​ As my colleague Spencer Kornhaber noted in an earlier post, certain quarters of our count ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2009

    Irvine Councilman Slammed For Disrespecting Nancy Pelosi

    Christopher VictorioDid Steven Choi embarrass Irvine? ​Dan Chmielewski at the LiberalOC.com blog today blasted Irvine Councilman and state Assembly candidate Steven Choi for pinning to his back a small poster depicting U.S. House of Representative Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Stalin, the brutal Russian ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    Pelosi Coming to OC, Maybe Celebrates Her Disapproval Spike

    ​It'll only cost ya $150 to see Nancy Pelosi in Orange County. The Democratic Party of OC's 15th annual Harry S. Truman Awards Dinner on Dec. 4 will feature the House Majority Leader as keynote speaker. Santa Ana State Assemblyman Jose Solorio will take home the Truman, while Florice Hoffman  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 18, 2009

    Maybe John Wayne's Old Yacht Will Produce Wild Goosebumps Now

    Duncan McIntosh Co. Inc.Boo! It's the Wild Goose.​John Wayne's onetime yacht the Wild Goose is being trotted out to drum up interest in the 31st annual Lido Yacht Expo in Newport Beach Sept. 24-27.Don't blame organizers for pulling out all the stops. Are there really shoppers for yachts these days ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    Richard Nixon, Leonard Bernstein and Frank Gannon

    UC Irvine history professor Jon Wiener has mined books, lectures and a documentary film consulting gig out of the FBI spying on John Lennon at the behest of the Richard Nixon White House. So when TheNewNixon.org featured a post this week on Nixon-era surveillance of Leonard Bernstein, you had to wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    Argyros, Arnel Management and Those Infernal Signs

    Over the years, John Jaeger has kept an eye on the signs posted around central Orange County for units available at Arnel Management Co. properties as well as OC Weekly's voluminous coverage of Arnel's owner, Newport Beach self-made businessman, developer, GOP power broker and former ambassador to S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2009

    $15 2-Course Lunch at Anaheim White House For Administrative Professionals' Week

    The Anaheim White House is offering a special for Administrative Assistants' (or Professionals') Week (April 20-24). For $15, you can treat your Administrative Assistant (or Professional) for a two-course lunch (an entree and dessert), and you don't have to report it on your 10-K. Heck for $15 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2009

    The Nixon Makeover Worked!

    Visions of champagne flowing at the Richard Nixon Library and New Image Birthplace in Yorba Linda fill my brain with news of a Gallup poll that finds Americans believe history will judge George W. Bush more harshly than Orange County's Favorite Disgraced Son.WOO-HOO! The long, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2008

    Well That's the Cox Calling the Kettle Black

    While former longtime Newport Beach Republican congressman-turned-Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox lashes out at his own staff for ignoring complaints that could have exposed Bernard Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme many years earlier, others wonder if Cox is not simply dive ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 16, 2008

    [¡Ask a Mexican!®] Jumping to Conclusions

    While former longtime Newport Beach Republican congressman-turned-Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox lashes out at his own staff for ignoring complaints that could have exposed Bernard Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme many years earlier, others wonder if Cox is not simply dive ... More >>

  • News

    July 31, 2008

    Do San Onofre Nudists Stand a Stitch of a Chance Against the State's Efforts to Cover Them Up?

    While former longtime Newport Beach Republican congressman-turned-Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Christopher Cox lashes out at his own staff for ignoring complaints that could have exposed Bernard Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme many years earlier, others wonder if Cox is not simply dive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2007

    Saturday's Headlines & Surprises: Meteor Showers Tonight!

    LA vs. OC: The Southern California airport wars continue this morning in a Daily Breeze article detailing a Los Angeles official’s demand that Orange County residents pay for increasing the burden on LAX. “Share the burden or cough up the cash,” is how reporter Art Marroquin summarized the op ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2007

    Friday's Headlines. No Surprises: March of the day laborers

    In town - the third favorite Dem: Later this afternoon, former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards will be at the Disneyland Hotel to speak at the Orange County Democratic Party's 13th annual Harry Truman Awards & Dinner. In a CNN poll released Tuesday, Edwards followed Clinton (51 percent) and Obama ... More >>

  • Features

    July 12, 2007

    Whatever Happened to the Santa Ana Four?

    Orange County seethes with immigration raids, demonized Mexicans and appeals for amnesty. 2007? No, 1951

  • Web

    August 18, 2005

    A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

    Orange County seethes with immigration raids, demonized Mexicans and appeals for amnesty. 2007? No, 1951

  • Columns

    August 18, 2005

    A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

    Orange County seethes with immigration raids, demonized Mexicans and appeals for amnesty. 2007? No, 1951

  • Columns

    August 5, 2004

    Diary of a Mad County

    Orange County seethes with immigration raids, demonized Mexicans and appeals for amnesty. 2007? No, 1951

  • News

    December 26, 2002

    Casting lott

    Orange County seethes with immigration raids, demonized Mexicans and appeals for amnesty. 2007? No, 1951

  • Columns

    August 22, 2002

    Enemies in Our Midst?

    For Japanese-Americans, Bushs war on terror is deja vu

  • News

    April 18, 2002

    The Boys From Company JC

    Marines talk war with kids at church

  • Features

    October 18, 2001

    What Would John Wayne Do?

    We go to a famous psychic in the bedroom of the Dukes yacht for answers in these troubled times

  • News

    September 20, 2001

    Nuts drive nuts nuts!

    "In these Last Days," Orange County goes to war

  • Columns

    May 31, 2001

    Letters

    "In these Last Days," Orange County goes to war

  • Columns

    July 6, 2000

    Letters

    "In these Last Days," Orange County goes to war

  • Columns

    February 3, 2000

    Letters

    "In these Last Days," Orange County goes to war

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    August 12, 1999
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    February 25, 1999

    The Ho Story

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