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 of black and white, biography is so many fuzzy shades of gray. I remember growing […]

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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 many of us will be surprised to learn more about the man behind the myth: […]

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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 to celebrate. NPR’s Ken Rudin and two Reagan biographers, Craig Shirley and Lou Cannon, talk […]

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No Arsenal So Formidable as the Will and Courage of Free Men

[v=vTiEeDYzneE] 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 American values, and a strong national defense.” This Sunday marks the 100th anniversary of […]

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