Events & Appearances
Upcoming Events
- Los Angeles, CA — April 26-27, 2008: — Los Angeles Times Book Fair
- Boston, MA — May 2, 2008: — Fenway Park; The Great American Writer Series
- New York, NY — May 14, 2008: — The Harvard Club, West 44th St.
- Paris, France — June 4, 2008 — American Library of Paris
- Fargo, ND — September 25, 2008 — University of North Dakota School of Law,
- Moraga, CA — October 8, 2008 — St. Mary's University
Past Events
- Hoboken, N.J. — March 7, 2008: — Stevens Institute of Technology: "A Force of Nature: Ernest Rutherford and the Discovery of the Atom"
- Rancho Mirage ,CA — February 29, 2008: — Rancho Mirage Public Library "Meet the Author"
- Los Angeles, CA — January 30, 2008: — Los Angeles Public Library "Aloud " series
- Stanford University — January 23, 2008: — 5 p.m., Stauffer Auditorium of the Hoover Institution
- Denver, CO — January 17, 2008: — Denver Forum
- San Diego, CA — January 16, 2008: — San Diego City Club
- Berlin, Germany — January 9, 2008: — John F. Kennedy Center of the Free University of Berlin
- Eastern Kentucky University — October 30, 2007: Reeves will speak on "Presidential Character" at Eastern Kentucky University on October 30. The event will be held in the Grand Reading Room of the Crabbe Library at 7 p.m.
- Berlin, Germany — September 17-19, 2007: — Richard Reeves is the current Holtzbrinck Distinguished Visitor at the American Academy in Berlin. He will be speaking on "The Making of the President, 2008" at the Academy on September 17 at 8 p.m. He will speak on "The American Presidency" at the Heidelberg Center for American Studies on September 19.
- Bridgehampton, NY — August 25: Hampton Library @ 5:00 PM
- Durham, NC — Sunday, April 30: North Carolina Festival of the Book, Duke University
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Thu, Apr 28, 2005 - Fri, Apr 29, 2005:
"Richard Nixon as Commander-In-Chief: The History of Nixon and Vietnam"
Richard Nixon Library (Thu) and Whittier College (Fri)
Ronald Reagan Book Tour
- Los Angeles, CA — Saturday, April 29 - Sunday, April 30: Los Angeles Times Book Fair
- Boston, MA — Friday, April 14: The Great Fenway Park Writers Series, Fenway Park
- Corona, CA — Tuesday, April 4: Corona Public Library
- Washington, DC — Thursday, March 30: George Washington Hospital: Commemoration and discussion of the 25th anniversary of the attempted assassination and medical recovery of President Reagan.
- New York, NY — Thursday, March 23: University Club
- Miami, FL — Tuesday, March 21: Books & Books
- Los Angeles, CA — Thursday, March 16: Plato Society
- Philadelphia, PA — Tuesday, February 21: University of Pennsylvania, Annenberg School with Professor David Eisenhower.
- Boston, MA — Monday, February 20: President's Day lecture at Kennedy Library: "My Three Presidents: Reagan, Kennedy and Nixon."
- New York, NY — Friday, February 17: Charlie Rose Show
- Palm Springs, CA — Wednesday, February 15: Peppertree Books @ 7:00pm
- Simi Valley, CA — Wednesday, February 8: Ronald Reagan Presidential Library @ 5:00pm
- Los Angeles, CA — Tuesday, January 31: Reception & Booksigning at University of Southern California
- Los Angeles, CA — Thursday, January 26: Duttons Bookstore
- Denver, CO — Wednesday, January 25: TBA
- Washington, DC — Thursday, January 19th: Reading at Politics & Prose
- Chicago, IL — Thursday, January 19: Luncheon at Union League Club
- Chicago, IL — Wednesday, January 18: Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs
- Los Angeles, CA — Tuesday, January 17: LA Public Library @ 7:00pm
- Yorba Linda, CA — Monday, January 16: Nixon Library
- San Diego, CA — Thursday, January 12: The City Club and San Diego Public Library's Great American Writers Series
- New York, NY — Friday, January 6: Today Show, NBC
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Fri, Feb 18, 2005
Keynote speech, North Carolina Press Association Banquet . Duke University hosts the North Carolina Press Association Banquet.
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Thu, Feb 3, 2005 - Fri, Feb 4, 2005
"The Legacy of Watergate: Opening the Woodward and Bernstein Papers."
The University of Texas at Austin presents the opening of the Woodward and Bernstein Watergate Papers and the symposium "The Legacy of Watergate: Opening the Woodward and Bernstein Papers." The papers were opened to researchers, scholars and the public at The University's Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at 9 a.m., Friday, Feb. 4. Select items from the papers will be on display on the first floor of the Ransom Center through Sunday, Feb. 27 and an online exhibition is available on the Ransom Center web page.
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Mon, Nov 22, 2004
"US Presidential Elections 2004: How did It Happen and What Does It Mean?"
In the last in a series of three lectures at CECI on the Presidential Election Process, Richard Reeves discussed the results of the US Presidential Elections both from the point of view of why the winner was elected and what his election means for the United States and international politics. Presented by: The Center for the Study of International Communications and The International Communications Department of The American University of Paris.
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Thu, Oct 28, 2004
"The Art of News"
Newsweek presents "The Art of News" with Richard Reeves and Carl Bernstein at the 45th Street Theatre.
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Sat, Oct 23, 2004
"Peshawar, Pakistan and My Three Presidents."
Richard Reeves interweaves commentary about presidents Kennedy, Nixon and Reagan with recollections of life on the Pakistan/Afghanistan border and observations on U.S. relationships with that region of the world.
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Mon, Oct 11, 2004
"Campaign X-Ray, 2004: Stripping the Surface Off the Bush-Kerry Race, and What's at Stake."
The New York Observer hosts post-Presidential debate political roundtable, featuring Mario Cuomo, William Weld, David Boies, Kieran Mahoney, John Ellis and Howard Wolfson, and moderated by acclaimed presidential historian Richard Reeves. The panel examines the tactics, issues and stakes of the Presidential race, as it stands between the second and third debates.
Latest Column
Whatever They Say, It's The Money!
WASHINGTON — When they say, "It's not the money ..." — it's the money!
After all is said and almost done, the numbers that are dragging Hillary Clinton to the end of her campaign are not delegate counts but dollar amounts. She is already more than $20 million in debt, and her campaign is costing something like $1 million a day.
Column Archive
Mc Cain, JFK, and the Health of Presidents
NEW YORK — A lot of smart people have spent a lot of time trying to figure out how and why President John F. Kennedy seemed to evolve from an indecisive fool in launching the Bay of Pigs invasion of April 1961 into the cool and calm commander defusing the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.
It's Race, Stupid!
LOS ANGELES — Face it: "Electability" is just another way of saying Barack Obama is black. The overuse of the word right now is a way of assuring voters, Democrat and Republican, that if they do not want or could not abide a black president, they are not alone.
Enough Already With The Fake Debates
LOS ANGELES — This campaign is SO over. It is hard to imagine a debate worse than the Clinton-Obama stand-up on Wednesday night in Philadelphia. In case you missed them between what seemed like a hundred commercials, Sen. Hillary Clinton, the shorter white one, and Sen. Barack Obama, the taller black one, answered (or endured) a road-show production of "Dumb and Dumber," starring Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos.
Hillary Clinton: The Big Mistake
LOS ANGELES — Last Thursday, about a year too late, I read the "2008 Delegate Selection Rules for the Democratic National Convention." Not a fun read, I must add, which may be the reason Sen. Hillary Clinton, or her people, and most of the press, did not read or understand its 25 dense pages.
On the Matter of Torture
LOS ANGELES — The order from the commander in chief regarding torture of prisoners was clear: "It has been recognized at all times that this manner of interrogating human beings, of putting them under torture, produces nothing good. The unfortunates say whatever comes into their heads, and everything they think we want to know."
Is Mc Cain the Real Mc Coy?
LOS ANGELES — I would guess that Sen. John McCain has about a 1-in-3 chance of being the next president of the United States. It's a tough slog when you're running under the crest of one of the worst presidencies we've ever had — in the middle of a recession, and a hateful war and hated occupation he says we will stick with even if it takes a hundred years.
Hearing The Obama Speech
LOS ANGELES — If Barack Obama is elected president, his speech on race in America will be remembered as one of the greatest in the country's history. If he loses, it will still be remembered as a terrific speech, an astonishing display of grace under pressure.
To Hell With The Fallen Hero
NEW YORK — How intellectual, how literate, how urbane is Manhattan? Well, where else can you find people at lunch speaking Latin?
The Way The Press Really Works
LOS ANGELES — "Media 101 With Professor Obama" was the headline the Los Angeles Times put over a short story about Barack Obama's walk to the back of his campaign plane to scold reporters for going "squishy" on Hillary Clinton.
Ah, To Be Young And In Politics!
LOS ANGELES — You couldn't ask for much better than this — at least if you're a reporter. Depending on their personal preferences, Republicans or Democrats might have their problems with Tuesday's results in Texas and Ohio, but for those of us looking for trouble — and that is our business — there is something to be said for a Democratic tie (of sorts), with the Clintons controlling the old guard and Barack Obama leading the new party.
Why Hillary Stumbled
LOS ANGELES — The "fellas" who worked for Ronald Reagan — he called them that because he couldn't remember their names — rarely saw the boss angry. But James Lake, a campaign press secretary, did, just once.
The Streets are Alive with the Sound of Politics
LOS ANGELES — A French visitor was amazed to see that in every tavern he visited — and "bar-room," a new word to him — Americans of all classes, workmen and rich men, were talking and arguing about politics. Elections and candidates, and ideas, too, seemed to be the entertainment of America.
The Election and The Press: Great Job!
LOS ANGELES — Yes, I still use AOL as my home page, probably because I'm too lazy to move on. And, yes, I start many days growling in hazy anger because folks in cyberspace seem to think Britney Spears is to the United States in 2008 what Winston Churchill was to England in 1940. But last Wednesday, I was even madder than usual when the first headline that popped up was: "Media Gets It Wrong Again."
The Campaign Begins To Look More Ordinary
LOS ANGELES — Let it be known that the old French maxim that the more things change, the more they stay the same applies in the United States as well, at least as one considers this presidential campaign so far.
An Election To Try Men's Souls
PALO ALTO, Calif. — These are the times, this is the election, that will reveal men's (and women's) souls.
As The World Turns: Cell Phones Replace Letters
PARIS — My mother, Dorothy Reeves, was a teller at the Trust Company of New Jersey, the big bank where Bergen Avenue ran into Journal Square in Jersey City. That was the reason when I first saw an automated teller machine, I vowed never to touch one, because they would inevitably throw tellers out of work.
McCain: The Last Man Standing
BERLIN — It was a distinct pleasure to be back in Berlin on the night Sen. John McCain won the New Hampshire Republican primary and was being hailed coast-to-coast as his party's front-runner. That may be a dubious distinction, but for me it seemed vindication for a prediction I had made right here early last September.
