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Read the archive   of Wattenberg's   syndicated column     Talking about Evolution with Richard Dawkins Think Tank discusses Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution with Richard Dawkins, one of the world’s leading scientists, as he compares the ... more The Race to Cure Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s Disease is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States, following heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Recently, ... more   Richard Nixon: When Politics Gets Personal main page Richard Nixon: When Politics Gets Personal Aired 11/1/2001 In all of American history, only one president has been effectively thrown out of office, Richard Nixon. Simply put, his opponents believe that he trashed the Constitution. His defenders say that charge is much overstated and point to his policy accomplishments. Nixon served during a troubled time in America; protests against the war in Vietnam rocked the nation, racial turbulence had turned violent, inflation climbed. In the midst of the turmoil, Nixon engaged Communist China, brokered detente with the Soviet Union and pulled American combat troops out of South Vietnam. On his watch, the Environmental Protection Agency was launched, school desegregation and Affirmative Action moved ahead. But critics and defenders alike agree that Richard Nixon was a strange man with self-destructive qualities. Was Richard Nixon the twisted loner who would stop at nothing or the cerebral strategist who sensationally changed the global chessboard ? Or both?   Read the full transcript   Richard Reeves     journalist, editor, biographer, and author of ’President Reagan: The Triumph of Imagination.’   Leonard Garment     former Counsel to President Nixon and author of "Crazy Rhythm: From Brooklyn and Jazz to Nixon’s White House, Watergate and Beyond" Originally Aired: 11/1/2001     Be sure to also check out: Send us your thoughts Think Tank is made possible by generous support from the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Bernard and Irene Schwartz Foundation, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, the John M. Olin Foundation, the Donner Canadian Foundation, the Dodge Jones Foundation, and Pfizer, Inc. ©Copyright Think Tank. All rights reserved.     Web development by Bean Creative.