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Richard Nixon

• November 23 -- A Triple Play of Politicized Sports Stories
From NBA players as symbols of U.S. "arrogance" to the "white privilege" of NASCAR fans, not even sports is safe from politicization at the Times.

• November 3 -- Bush "Most Polarizing President" Since Nixon
Post-election "news analysis" from Todd Purdum: "Already, through his aggressive handling of terrorism and foreign policy, he has made himself not only the most polarizing president since Richard M. Nixon but also guaranteed himself a prominent place in the history books, and historical debate, for years to come."

• October 20 -- A Ridiculous Rant on Bush's "Outright Assault" on the Press
Columnist Frank Rich argues the Bush administration is engaging in a scary, Nixonian type campaign of press intimidation and gives ten examples -- none of which hold up.

• February 10 -- Nixonian Politics of Fear Rears Ugly Head (Says Gore)
Katharine Seelye lets Gore compare Bush to Nixon: "[Gore] recalled that President Richard M. Nixon had used 'the politics of fear' to make his father, Albert Gore Sr., out to be unpatriotic and an atheist….He said he recalled that defeat because 'the last three years we've seen the politics of fear rear its ugly head again.'"

• October 17 -- The Nixon Family Chainsaw Massacre
Republican-bashing in the screening room. Reviewing "Runaway Jury," Elvis Mitchell describes Gene Hackman as a slick jury consultant "who employs ruthless, pre-Miranda tactics generally seen on the Fox News channel." And Dave Kehr has an interesting angle on "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" sequel: "The original was a paranoid vision in which a band of hippies fell into the clutches of a monstrous family evolved from Richard Nixon's middle Americans."