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The Reagan I Knew isn't the Reagan You Knew
I am not a fan of biography. Auto-biography is by definition a biased view and other-biography can never be entirely complete. I’m a map guy, a history guy, a “just the facts, ma’m” kinda Joe Friday guy. In my world … Continue reading
On Reagan on HBO
Ronald Reagan is getting the HBO treatment for his 100th birthday. Eugene Jarecki‘s new documentary “Reagan” debuts on HBO Monday night (7 Feb 2011). The Wall Street Journal is hopeful, asking “Can HBO Get ‘Reagan’ Right?” Fox News suggests that … Continue reading
NPR Wishes President Reagan a Happy 100th
Now from the other side of the aisle, National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation yesterday wished President Reagan a Happy 100th Birthday: Former President Ronald Reagan would have turned 100-years-old on February 6, and the Political Junkie is ready … Continue reading
No Arsenal So Formidable as the Will and Courage of Free Men
Continuing on the theme of the week, this time from the Heritage Foundation, a Washington, DC, think tank “whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional … Continue reading
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