Melting Down the Plastic Man

We should have known that when definitive word came to be spoken about Richard Nixon, it would be from the pen of Art Buchwald. In one of his recent skits Buchwald shows “a former White House aide” called “Deep Toes,” offering a sensational news bit in “an abandoned garage in Chevy Chase.” What “Deep Toes” reveals is that there was never a difference between the Old Nixon and the New Nixon.

The New Nixon whom we saw from 1969 to 1971 R...