Ronald Reagan

...of Eastern Europe, whose Western mentors were more likely to be John Lennon and Frank Zappa than Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. Following a meeting with leading Hungarian dissidents in July of 1989, President George H.W. Bush...

In this article: Solidarity, NATO, Eastern Europe, Communism, Militarism, Capitalism, Stephen Zunes, Poland, and George H.W. Bush

...establishment control. Another such fight came in 1980, after the ruin of Watergate had restored Democrats to the White House. Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush squared off, with Bush winning the first round in Iowa, and Reagan forced to...

In this article: Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Jerry Ford, George W. Bush, Robert A. Taft, George H.W. Bush, Dwight Eisenhower, New Hampshire, and Jimmy Carter

"In 1986 Ronald Reagan granted amnesty to 3 million people. You know what happened, in addition to becoming 11 million a decade later? There were people trying to enter the country legally, who had done the paperwork, who were here legally,...

In this article: Republican Party, Welfare state, Conservatism, Tax, California, and Soviet Union

...political outlook that Barack Obama faces as the first year of his presidency nears its end. It also describes, just as aptly, what Ronald Reagan was facing near the end of the first year of his presidency in 1981. Republicans, buoyed by...

In this article: Barack Obama, Unemployment, Recession, New Jersey, Virginia, Stagflation, and G.O.P.

...health care bills. But, she says, she's been talking about them to make a point -- and she's comparing her use of the term to Ronald Reagan's cold war references to the "evil empire." Palin said President Obama is "not lying" when he...

In this article: Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Evil Empire, Abc's Barbara Walters, Surgery, and Bill Clinton

Given the conservative challenges in several states against incumbents who are viewed as RINOs (Republicans in name only), would Ronald Reagan, if judged on his record, be pure enough for the GOP circa 2009? Newsweek's Evan Thomas noted that...

In this article: Evan Thomas, E-mail, Tax, Newsweek, GOP, James A. Baker III, George H.W. Bush, White House, and Msnbc

...the current recession is far worse." In its November 14 "Fact Check" of Palin's memoir, the AP reported that Palin "[s]ays Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession than the one that appears to be ending now." In response, the AP stated:...

In this article: Recession, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh, Tax, Unemployment, Premiere Radio Networks, and Associated Press

...traveled, and that's fine. But the landmarks also illuminate how much the terrain has changed. Ronald Reagan was a product of his times and he dealt with the challenges that presented themselves then. If Reagan were running for office...

In this article: Tax, JFK, God, Bob Bennett, Newsweek, GOP, James Baker, and George H.W. Bush

...20th anniversary of that event and commemorate it with a conference at the Reagan Presidential Library. The Wall fell 10 months after Ronald Reagan completed his presidency, yet it was a long time before his own concepts and strategy were...

In this article: Democracy, Socialism, Capitalism, Solidarity, Mercury News, Hoover Institution, Pope John Paul II, and Poland

...relations with the Soviet Union so the Cold War could end. With the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the tape of Ronald Reagan's famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate is likely to be played and replayed. "Mr. Gorbachev," he...

In this article: Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Erich Honecker, Soviet Union, Berlin, George H.W. Bush, United States, Europe, and Moscow