He knows every country, the leadership, its history, where they are successful or having a "hell of a time" governing.
Then switches to knowing what LBJ was doing, and why it failed.
Then into the sociology of the time, hints at political correctness and how it ruins everything.
He has an incredible knowledge base.
I wish I'd met him.
He must have been fascinating to talk with.
An interesting point is that the other students are the primary motivating factor to raising the weaker student’s learning. Not the teachers, and the not the money pouring into the schools. (I would beg to differ that the teachers make a HUGE difference - at least in my kid’s schools).
But the majority of the kids need to be the middle-class kids, and the weaker kids (blacks, hispanics, etc.) need to be in the minority - or it brings every one down.
Of course now with the Liberal snowflakes it doesn’t matter black or brown or whatever in the Universities anymore.
While I’m writing, Nixon is talking about how the various countries have their own way of governing that is probably the best way for some of their countries (Thailand, the Shah of Iran, etc...) I recall a book he wrote after he was out of office where he was talking about the next 10 to 20 years or whatever, and what the issues would be.
He wrote about the inevitable collapse of Russia (before it happened), he talked about the increasing importance of the Middle East, China, etc.
I think I read that Nixon, himself had a very high IQ.