Reagan News

They are the prototypical Reagan stories. Everyone of any approved sensibility believes X. Ex-presidents. Cabinet members and ex-Cabinet members.

James Pinkerton on the likely result of the elections of 2009: The point here is that the political equivalent of the statistical concept of regression always kicks in after an election: Things are never as good as you hope, nor as bad as you fear.

Another October 23rd has come and gone, another anniversary of the 1983 U.S. Marine barracks bombing in Beirut -- and more inane articles written by people drawing the wrong lessons.

The tax revolts that started here under Gov. Ronald Reagan and continued to sweep the country and the world under President Reagan never abated.

In October, homes are resplendent in colors of black, brown, golden yellow, orange, red and russet with decorations including bats, brooms, candles, cauldrons, cats, skeletons, Indian corn, witches, scarecrows and colored leaves.

Much of the right-wing agenda that has thrown this nation into economic chaos can be traced back to what was once called the Golden State.

Ok, it's been said we need to take the Republican Party back..... Let's get some ideas down on paper and start getting other conservative supporters involved.

The great prophet of profit, Ronald Reagan, said "The most terrifying words in the English language are, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help you.'" Now it seems that those who subscribe to Reagan's ideas believe that, "The only thing we have to fear is government itself." We don't need to fear epidemics of diseases that would ravage us ...

'EVIDENCE' OF A LIBERAL MEDIA.... I pay no attention to celebrity-related news, so it never occurred to me to read the Washington Post 's obituary of actor Patrick Swayze.

Two more people were arrested in Henderson County today as authorities continued their investigation of reports of voting fraud two days before Lexington city elections.

Interesting info-rich New York Times piece about retirement and the wounding realization of so many Americans who have trusted their 401k accounts and will have to delay retirement.

Having totally misjudged the public's anger over the mad spending since Democrats took over the government, Democrats are now using Ted Kenendy's corpse as a shield against criticism of Obamacare.

Washington, writes columnist Paul Krugman, is still ruled by Reaganism - an ideology that says government intervention is always bad, and leaving the private sector to its own devices is always good.

Washington, writes columnist Paul Krugman, is still ruled by Reaganism - an ideology that says government intervention is always bad, and leaving the private sector to its own devices is always good.

Jed Gottlieb writes about music, film and pop culture for local, regional and national publications.

A classic from Heny Fairlie's blistering account of the 1980 Republican convention in Detroit: "Just as Americans in general do not have the habits of deference, so the conservative in America does not have them either.

Emma Meek was an independent, active woman who lived by herself until she was 85.

Denali, the great one, soaring under the midnight sun. And then the extremes. In the winter time it's the frozen road that is competing with the view of ice fogged frigid beauty, the cold though, doesn't it split the Cheechakos from the Sourdoughs? And then in the summertime such extreme summertime about a hundred and fifty degrees hotter than just ...

For weeks, conservatives have been screaming at the Obama administration: "Do something about Iran!" Well, what do you want Obama to do? Invade Iran? Drop bombs on Tehran? Call their president nasty names? That's about all he can do.

Republicans are once again deploying a cracked history of the Reagan era to cast international politics as a zero-sum game.