It's hard not to begin this talk with one of the most expressive of human sounds: a long, happy sigh, followed by two cheers for Gerald Ford. Not three. Not just yet. All incoming presidents get ...

Cancel anytime. Fifty years have passed since President Richard Nixon resigned the presidency on Aug. 9, 1974, under imminent threat of impeachment by the House of Representatives. Had he not ...

Nov. 17—When Richard Nixon resigned from the presidency more than 50 years ago, on Aug. 8, 1974, to be precise, I was a reporter for my hometown newspaper, the Natchez (Mississippi) Democrat. Nixon's ...