Happy Birthday To Us
On this date 40 years ago, Richard Nixon was basking in the glow of his election as president. Yale University had just announced it would admit women. "Hey Jude" by the Beatles and “Harper Valley P.T.A.” by Jeannie C. Riley were burning up the pop charts. And in Scranton, Pa., a group of intrepid executives were gathered at a printing plant as the "pilot issue" of a brand new magazine they had invented rolled off the presses.
That magazine was Government Executive.
The first official edition of the magazine wouldn't come out until March 1969. So we'll be commemorating our 40th anniversary throughout next year. In the meantime, here's a look back at that inaugural edition:
(Sorry for the stains and scribbles on the cover. It's the only copy I have in my office -- and by the way, no, I haven't been around for the full 40 years, just a few more than I care to admit to right now.)
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Government Executive Staff Correspondent Alyssa Rosenberg takes a look at news affecting the management and operations of the massive federal bureaucracy.
Nixon was our last good president. All since him were second rate.
Wise Old Owl Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 8:33 AMCongratulations on 4 decades of 4th Estate service to our country!
And, Wise Old Owl got it wrong. Nixon was paranoid. The last good president was Eisenhower, a good manager and eight years without a war.
Ted Bean Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 9:27 AMExcues me, but it was President Eisenhower who sent the first Military Advisers to South Vietnam in 1956 after the French lost Vietnam to the communists. This eventually lead us in to the Vietnam war. Eisenhower was a good president, but my vote for the best president of the last centuary goes to Harry S. Truman. He may have stumbled in Korea, but he put the USA on the right path to eventually defeat communism, which culminated with the colapse of the USSR in 1989 under President Reagan.
ArTee Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 11:28 AM