For new york times readers, ohios senators rob portman and sherrod brown speak for a polarized america. Navigating through the driftless the new york times. Nixon abolished the office of special watergate prosecutor archibald cox, and accepted the resignation of attorney general elliot l. Rob nixon travel article on trip through driftless region of southwest wisconsin. Donald trump went on the offensive on sunday, invoking the spectres of richard nixon and joseph mccarthy, starkly polarising figures from american history, in a frenzied attack on the new york times. Trump invokes nixon and mccarthy in nyt white house. Nixon, rob institute for research in the humanities uwmadison. Perhaps the most bizarre passage in the book was the inclusion of excerpts from an october 1973 new york times article about a suit brought by the department of.
Opinion a dangerous appetite for oil the new york times. See the article in its original context from march 8, 1935, section books art books, page 21 buy reprints. Sapolsky had the good sense, from a writers point of view, to do a lot of crazy things while he was young. As deputy attorney general he refused nixon s order to fire the special prosecutor archibald cox in the watergate scandal. Ohios two senators one a republican, the other a democrat. How the new york times published the pentagon papers. Naomi kleins this changes everything the new york times. Ackermans optimism can feel eerily unearned in the absence of a measured acknowledgment of the losses, the traumas, the scars that afflict human and nonhuman communities in this volatile new age. Join facebook to connect with rob nixon and others you may know. In the early 1990s, after he read a new york times article about the garbagechoked anacostia river, which runs through one of americas poorest neighborhoods in washington, d.
The beautiful things that heaven bears the new york times. Beginning on june, 1971, the times published a series of frontpage articles based on the information contained in. He is a frequent contributor to the new york times. Professor nixon is a frequent contributor to the new york times. Rob nixon travel article describes hike along tsitsikamma national park, narrow coastal terrace along south africas southern coast. The week he graduated from harvard, he set out for the plains of southwestern kenya. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Terms and conditions, features, support, pricing, and. Rob bluestone obituary new york, ny new york times. New york city, the country of ireland, and the world council of. Rob nixons most recent book is slow violence and the environmentalism of the poor. For new york times readers, ohios senators rob portman.
He is the rachel carson professor of english at the. Rob nixon is a frequent contributor to the new york times, where he writes on environmentalism and on literature and culture from the global south. He is based in the washington bureau, where he covers border and aviation security, immigration, cybercrime and cyber security. Ultimately, nixon asserted, the most scarce resource is not oil or water, but time. Rob leaves his wife of 43 years, barbara mccarty bluestone. Environmental literature scholar rob nixon to speak october 30. Nixon is a frequent contributor to the new york times.
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