AJC: In his book, Framing the Sixties: The Use and Abuse of a Decade from Ronald Reagan to George W. Bush, Bernard von Bothmer, a professor of American history at the University of San Francisco and Dominican University of California, “examines the ways in which four presidents [Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton and George W. Bush] used their own selective versions of the 1960s for political gain in the years from 1980 to 2004.”
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Hoping for Spare Change
We could be in for the most seismic shift in the youth vote since Ronald Reagan was succeeded by George H. W. Bush and young people peeled away from the GOP.
Socialism Explained
“Socialism only works in two places: Heaven where they don’t need it and hell where they already have it.”
-Ronald Reagan
There We Go Again
AJC: Unlike the current Republican Party, which does not “know what it stands for,” former President Ronald Reagan’s ideals encompassed the Republican party, claimed author Craig Shirley at a Nov. 10 Bloggers’ Briefing.
The Original Comeback Kid
American presidents of both parties, all too often, need to be appreciated at a distance. Of the 20th Century chief executives, perhaps only Ronald Reagan holds up well under scrutiny.
Leadership Defined Part 1
At a time when political leaders seem befuddled at best, American Enterprise Institute scholar Steven F. Hayward discusses two statesmen he has written extensively about—Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan—at an Accuracy in Academia author’s night in October 2007.
Leadership Defined Part 2
At a time when political leaders seem befuddled at best, American Enterprise Institute scholar Steven F. Hayward discusses two statesmen he has written extensively about—Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan—at an Accuracy in Academia author’s night in October 2007.
The Unforgettable Great Communicator
The conservative pundits seeking to accumulate intellectual bona fides by aping the intelligentsia’s call to “forget Ronald Reagan” only succeed in proving themselves to be as vacuous as the allegedly educated elite.
Wrong on race again
When you compare the racial attitudes of Woodrow Wilson, FDR and Ronald Reagan, guess who comes out on top?
Happy Birthday Dutch
Showing the foresight that marked his life, Ronald Reagan neatly analyzed a pivotal shortfall in American education at the end of his final televised address as president in 1989.