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Scoops of a half-century.(The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington)(Book review)
The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting in Washington, by Robert D. Novak (Crown, 672 pp., $29.95)
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Edwin O'Connor's classic political novel, The Last Hurrah, was published in 1956, a year before Robert Novak went to Washington. In a memorable passage, Frank Skeffington, a charming but unscrupulous Irish politician, has received the last rites of the Catholic Church. The mournful retinue at the dying man's bedside includes an old foe, who in a misplaced attempt at forgiveness proclaims that if Skeffington "had it all to do over again, there's not the slightest doubt but that he'd do it all very, very differently." Skeffington ...
- EVANS AND NOVAK CALL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WITHIN TWO ELECTORAL VOTES
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 6, 1992 700+ words
...policy and politics. Evans and Novak's election predictions have...rate over the years. Evans and Novak are co-authors of "The Reagan Revolution," "Nixon in the...Exercise of Power." Evans and Novak also co-host the renowned weekly...
- Ronald Reagan 1911-2004.
- Magazine article from: National Review June 28, 2004 700+ words
...Burson, executive director of the Reagan Center, opened the meeting. Speakers...Niskanen, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Maureen Reagan, Ken Adelman, Dick Allen, Howard...Bartley, Ed Feulner, Michael Novak--and Mrs. Reagan. The keynote speaker was William...
- Reassurances From Evans and Novak
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post May 31, 1987 700+ words
I want to thank Evans and Novak, the old dears, for reassuring me about the Iran-contra...taking over the asylum!" But not to worry. Evans and Novak assure us that it's the Reagan-baiters who are scoring points. All of these pro-contra...
- Beat the devil: betrayal of the intellectuals; the totality of Michael Novak;...
- Magazine article from: The Nation Cockburn, Alexander May 18, 1985 700+ words
...neoconservative supporters of Reagan as Norman Podhoretz...Midge Decter; Michael Novak; Irving Kristol; and...challenge was Michael Novak. Like Podhoretz and Decter, Novak is an intellectual to whom the Reagan years have been kind...
- Columnist Robert D. Novak dies at 78; Conservative was equally hard on...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) August 19, 2009 700+ words
...author of two books on former President Ronald Reagan, recalled that Mr. Novak was the only journalist who wrote on the day before the 1980 New Hampshire primary that Mr. Reagan would win. Novak had bothered to go into precincts in Derry...
- IT'S PREMATURE TO WRITE OFF REAGAN . . .
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe David B. Wilson, Globe Staff January 4, 1987 700+ words
...campaign, Jack Conway arranged for Reagan to appear at a South Shore Chamber...Commerce breakfast in Randolph. Reagan seemed very old to me, vulnerable...Now that columnists Evans and Novak have pronounced the Reagan presidency dead of superannuation...
- Reagan Says Ex-Aides Not Guilty; North Called `Hero'; Acquittal Predicted For...
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Bill McAllister March 26, 1988 700+ words
...afternoon, one student reminded Reagan that he had once described North...pardon North and Poindexter. Reagan gave an extended answer. "I...broadcast on CNN's "Evans & Novak" this afternoon, said Reagan "has said over and over again...
- SHULTZ, REAGAN CLASHED SHOWDOWN OVER ARMS-SALE COVERUP.(Main)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) February 12, 1987 700+ words
...Shultz also was "shocked" by Reagan's lack of accurate information...Poindexter, who had briefed Reagan before the news conference and...Columnists Rowland Evans and Robert Novak reported Wednesday that Reagan had sent Shultz a warning through...
Source: HighBeam Research, Scoops of a half-century.(The Prince of Darkness: 50 Years Reporting...