Events & Appearances
Upcoming Events
- Denver, CO — August 26, 2008; 2-3:30 p.m — Denver Art Museum — keynote speaker, "Politics and the Media: Bridging the Political Divide in the 2008 Elections."
- Grand Forks, ND — September 25, 2008 — University of North Dakota School of Law
- Moraga, CA — October 8, 2008 — St. Mary's College
- New York, NY— October 25, 2008 — New York Historical Society — Kennedy and Nixon "If I'm Elected"
Past Events
- Paris, France — June 4, 2008 — American Library of Paris
- New York, NY — May 14, 2008: — The Harvard Club, West 44th St.
- Boston, MA — May 2, 2008: — Fenway Park; The Great American Writer Series
- Los Angeles, CA — April 26-27, 2008: — Los Angeles Times Book Fair
- 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
Who is Prepared to be President? Nobody
DENVER — Is Barack Obama prepared to be president? No. Neither is John McCain.
Column Archive
A Vote for Elitism
NEW YORK — If you care about the United States and care about swimming — I happen to care about both — who do you want representing you, Michael Phelps or "one of us"?
Broke and Broken in America
SAG HARBOR, N.Y. — Coming home after working abroad for a couple of months means looking at mountains — of mail. But a lot of it is from banks offering credit cards and from politicians offering salvation, both for a price. You can throw that stuff out without opening any of it.
McCain and Obama: Different Kinds of Men
PARIS — In comments that will be little noted nor long remembered, Barack Obama and John McCain each talked recently about what it was like running for president — and, thus, about what kind of president each would be.
Obama Has Landed Safely
PARIS — This was one of four Obama headlines last Friday in Le Figaro, the conservative newspaper whose favorite conservative is President Nicolas Sarkozy:
"Sarkozy: 'Obama? C'est mon copain!" ('Obama? He's my buddy!")
Mr. Obama Visits the World
PARIS — "Alors," said a gendarme watching President John F. Kennedy step off Air Force One at Orly Airport on May 31, 1961, "he's a real all-American boy, that one."
The Tergiversation of Barack Obama
PARIS — A friend of mine, Don Singleton, a talented writer of impeccable liberal soul, sent me a note last Tuesday — if e-mail can be called a "note" — saying this:
The Year of Living Patriotically
For me at least, celebrating the Fourth of July abroad has always been a special thrill. Whatever your political views and opinions of our leaders of the moment, you feel a physical and vibrant tie to the land of your birth, to the ideas that shaped your own brand of patriotism, your inescapable, prideful Americanism, your bond to other Americans who find themselves in Paris or Stockholm or Peshawar, places I have been on my nation's birthday.
Welcome to Britain's Brave New World
LONDON — A prominent, aggressive and ambitious Conservative politician here, David Davis, recently resigned his seat in Parliament to protest a House of Commons vote extending the time a citizen can be held in jail without charges from 28 to 42 days. A national newspaper poll says 57 percent of respondents support his crusade, but they are almost certainly not telling the truth about that.
Which Side Are You On?
PARIS — Newspapers around the world have reprinted and focused on a story that appeared June 8 in The Observer in London about deep-seated racism in rural America. The headline:
"Democrats in Rural Strongholds Refuse to Give Backing to Obama."
They Love Obama, But They Can't Vote
PARIS — This was a nice place to be when Barack Obama finally nailed down the Democratic nomination for president. I happened to be speaking at the American Library in Paris last Wednesday evening, when someone asked whether I thought Obama's ascension would really change the world's view of the United States.
No Country for Old Governing
NEW YORK — I'm surprised that anyone is surprised that someone who was around President George W. Bush has finally said what has been obvious for years: The 43rd president is an ignorant, stubborn fellow isolated by a bodyguard of lies and liars.
The True Shame of The Iraq War
WASHINGTON — This is what I thought was the American social contract when I was growing up in the land of the free and the home of the brave: You could work your way through college, and if you got a decent job, you could buy a house within a few years.
Republicans Feel Heat of Burning Bush
WASHINGTON — "The Change You Deserve" may sound like scrambled Obama, but it was, in fact, considered as this election-year slogan of the National Republican Congressional Committee. It was rejected when someone noticed that it was also the slogan of a prescription drug called Effexor.
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.
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.
