The currently incarcerated Conrad Black has written a review of Rick Perlstein’s book Nixonland in the New York newspaper The Sun. (There’s only so much time you can spend in the weight room.)
Nixon was an unusual character, to be sure, and some of his notions of how to conduct his office were unacceptable. But he was also a very capable and considerable president who rendered great service. He must be situated in American history as the man who spent more time in national elective office and for whom more people voted than anyone else in the country’s history. The real story is not a garish and fractious Nixonland; it is the imperishability of interest in Nixon.
