Ronald Reagan News

Ronald Reagan still stands larger than life - 7 feet tall and full of vim and vigor.

Barack Obama, as he completes his first six months in office, may well be compared to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson or even Ronald Reagan.

A previous letter writer spoke of divisiveness and what the causes are. Unfortunately, many of the stated facts are not facts at all.

Hands-off Americans prefer an assertive leader. But is Obama one of them? Americans want a president who is assertive in foreign affairs.

Twenty years ago this summer, the Baltic Way came like a giant arrow that struck the Berlin Wall from within.

Michael Streich Jul 3, 2009 The recent confessions of Governor Mark Sanford and Senator John Ensign, both considered as possible contenders for the presidency, are at odds with family values.

" When invoking Reagan," he writes, "conservatives are prone to two characteristic vices: hero-worship and nostalgia.

Many years ago, when Bill Maher's comedy show was hosted by Comedy Central and he was funny, his formula for success was truly unique.

Last month, the Capitol Rotunda in Washington glowed in good feeling for the dedication of a new 7-foot statue of Ronald Reagan.

June 29, 2009 COMMENTARY: Do the Republicans Have an Agenda? By Tom Proebsting After Barry Goldwater's catastrophic defeat to Lyndon Johnson in the 1964 presidential election, the GOP's conservative wing took some time to lick their wounds.

Here they go again, with their rites of canonization. One congressional Republican says that President Obama should crusade openly for the Iranian people, because "this is what worked for Ronald Reagan in the Cold War." Another says that "the Iranians would do well to remember the words of Ronald Reagan." Another says, "Ronald Reagan was strong in ...

Oliver Stone: 'Reagan Was a Dumb Son of a Bitch' Who Spawned Bush By Brent Baker Created 2009-06-27 02:14 Film producer/director Oliver Stone [1], a far-left promoter of conspiracies who is working on a sequel to his 1987 'Wall Street' movie, declared on Friday night's edition of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher that 'Reagan was a dumb son of a ...

In conjunction with my Reagan Legacy Foundation, I recently marked the 22nd anniversary of my father's famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin by publicly announcing an agreement with the Mauer Museum to permanently house a wing dedicated to Ronald Reagan and his leading role in ending the Cold War and reuniting the German people.

The meltdown of the supposed presidential ambitions of John Ensign and Mark Sanford this month has led to renewed if premature speculation about the 2012 presidential field.

Although he has been studying Mitch McConnell's career for a quarter century and talked with him several times for his new biography, "Republican Leader," Louisville lawyer John David Dyche says he doesn't know McConnell well - and doesn't think many people do.

After decades of posturing politicians, overtime shifts by narcotics detectives and enough criminal trials to spawn a new "Law and Order" franchise, I finally can see an end to our nation's war on drugs.

On Jan. 23, 1973, when the Supreme Court struck down laws criminalizing abortion in Roe vs.

Iran's post-election tumult has exposed the sharply divergent ways in which the Obama administration and its Republican opponents view the nature of American power and the president's role in speaking to political dissent outside the borders of the United States.

MIAMI a ' All Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt wanted for Christmas was a presidential pardon.

"Bush had a simple idea, that the Arabs could be democratic, and at that particular moment simple ideas were what was needed, even if he was disingenuous," said Michael Young, the opinion editor of The Beirut Daily Star.