Happy Birthday, Mr. President
In honor of Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday, FrumForum looks back at the former President's legacy.
On Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday, FrumForum looks back at the former President's legacy.
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Les Francis, Why Reagan Matters: A Democrat's View
February 6, 2011
I possess the dubious distinction of having worked against Ronald Reagan in every one of his campaigns for Governor of California and President. Even when in battle against him, I respected and admired Reagan’s abilities, and I honor his unwavering devotion to our country.
Jim DiPeso, Reagan's Forgotten Environmental Legacy
February 6, 2011
During his presidency, Reagan faced an atmospheric pollution problem which, like climate change today, divided the political class. His handling of the matter though can teach a great deal to Washington today.
John Guardiano, Mideast Turmoil: What Would Reagan Do?
February 6, 2011
As we conservatives celebrate the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birth amid the uprising in Egypt, we’d do well to reflect upon what it is that made Reagan such a unique, impressive and singular politician.
David Frum, How Reagan's Mideast Policy Won the Cold War
February 5, 2011
Ronald Reagan is most associated with the dramatic end of the Cold War in Europe. But you can make a powerful case that the Cold War was won — not in Europe — but in the Middle East.
David Frum, The Right Way to Honor Ronald Reagan
November 22, 2010
To date, the main attempts to honor Reagan in the nation's capital have gone askew. A government office building second in size only to the Pentagon? An airport from which Washingtonians cannot fly to California? These do not seem very appropriate monuments to a president who fought bureaucracy and yearned for home.
Jim Dipeso, The Gipper's Green Side
September 22, 2010
Tea Party types who believe that scientists are among the elitists plotting socialist world domination would have serious issues with the Gipper’s record of environmental stewardship – for which he also, sadly, receives little credit from greens on the Left.
David Frum, The Inside Story of the Reagan Campaign
May 29, 2010
In the years since 1980, American conservatives have divided over what to make of the Reagan legacy. But that grand hour of decision, that heroic triumph and redirection of American society – that still gives modern conservatism its outline and unity.
David Frum, Craig Shirley on Reagan's 1980 Election Victory
June 14, 2010
I spoke with Craig Shirley, about his new history of the 1980 election, Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America, about what made Reagan an effective president and the differences between him and Obama.
Clifton Yin, Reagan Was No Tea Partier
April 26, 2010
Reagan nostalgia isn't new among Republicans. But while many in the GOP choose to remember him as a doctrinaire conservative, they conveniently forget the pragmatism that underlined his conservative principles.
Rob Bernstein, Reagan Never Went Rogue
November 22, 2009
Many commentators have likened Sarah Palin to revered conservative icon Ronald Reagan. Both were governors of Western states, but the similarities end there.
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