President Ronald Reagan

No Reagan Blood For You

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 05.24.2012

LONDON — A European auction house Thursday canceled the planned online sale of a vial containing dried blood residue said to be from Ronald Reag...

Comptroller Allegedly Embezzled Millions To Fund Horse Breeding Business [UPDATE]

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.19.2012

Municipal budgets around the country have been squeezed tight in recent years, and a city official in one town allegedly exacerbated those financial w...

New Companies Love This Costly Tax Benefit

Reuters | Posted 04.10.2012

* Accelerated depreciation tax break has bipartisan backing * Congress edges toward debate on tax code revamp * 26 compa...

Two Views of Ronald Reagan

Dorian de Wind | Posted 04.02.2012

Dorian de Wind

It has been interesting to hear just about every Republican presidential contender claim that he or she is the true Reagan heir.

The Suffocation of American Democracy

Fred Rotondaro | Posted 05.29.2012

Fred Rotondaro

How does the private citizen, the individual voter, compete with the forces that are subverting democracy? The simple answer is not very well indeed.

Iran: Smoke, Mirrors and the Rest

Imogen Lloyd Webber | Posted 03.12.2012

Imogen Lloyd Webber

The only certainty we have in the public discourse in regards to Iran is that we are dealing with smoke and mirrors with every player.

Professors Do Not Love Reagan Enough: Report

Posted 04.08.2012

Do you love Reagan enough? Well, apparently your professors don't. According to a poll done by Young America's Foundation, a conservative youth gr...

Stephen Colbert, The Next Ronald Reagan? Why The Star Is On To Something

Jordan Zakarin | Posted 03.18.2012

Jordan Zakarin

Stripped of specific details, the political beginnings of Ronald Reagan and Stephen Colbert are remarkably interchangeable.

Medal of Honor Upgrades Are Rare -- and Should Be

Ed Hooper | Posted 01.11.2012

Ed Hooper

The Medal of Honor is this nation's highest combat award. The process of selection must remain exclusively with the Department of Defense for the medal to retain its valorous prominence -- on Veterans Day 2011 and for generations to come.

How The Seven Biggest Presidential Speeches On The Economy Failed

24/7 Wall St. | Posted 11.07.2011

From 24/7 Wall St.: President Barack Obama will give a speech before a joint session of Congress this week, in which he will lay out a job creation pl...

Stalemate Standoff

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 09.24.2011

Joe Peyronnin

President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner held dueling prime time addresses to the nation and even disagreed on whether there was a stalemate over the debt ceiling. That is the problem in a nutshell.

Longing for Competence in a Land Where Nothing Works

Paul Stoller | Posted 07.06.2011

Paul Stoller

The stunning capture and death of Osama bin Laden belies the widespread and ever-insistent notion that nothing works in America.

Republican Positioning for 2012

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.27.2011

Lincoln Mitchell

The Republican Party is increasingly difficult to unify behind a single candidate. By this time in the 2008, 2000, and 1996 election cycles there was already a clear front runner.

Ronald Reagan Uncovered: New Documentary Uncloaks Myths

Posted 05.25.2011

As the myths about him grow larger, a new documentary from HBO, called "Reagan," takes a look at the "deeply misunderstood legacy" of late President R...

Ronald Reagan Photos From Life.com

Posted 05.25.2011

Ronald Reagan served many roles during his life - movie star, governor, conservative icon and of course 40th president of the United States. On his...

Reagan Humor

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 05.25.2011

Joe Peyronnin

Whatever your views of his presidency, President Reagan was the source of some very funny stories.

What President Reagan Told Me About America

Ken Dychtwald Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Ken Dychtwald Ph.D.

What Ronald Reagan taught me on the occasion of his 79th birthday is that believing in America is terrific, but loving America is an even higher form of patriotism.

Barbara Walters Disputes Ron Reagan's Book Claims About Father's Mental State

DC Caller | Jeff Poor | Posted 05.25.2011

In Ron Reagan Jr.'s new book, "My Father at 100," he says his father, President Ronald Reagan, exhibited signs of mental lapse during the end of his f...

Future of Guns Laws After McDonald

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.25.2011

Paul Helmke

Even after the landmark Supreme Court decisions that gave individuals across the country a right to have a gun in the home for self-defense, the gun lobby still isn't happy.

Dispatch From 100 Black Men of America: A Crisis of Young Black Men in America

John Hope Bryant | Posted 05.25.2011

John Hope Bryant

I was honored to speak at the international conference of 100 Black Men of America, where this year's focus was on the topic of mentorship. This got me thinking about the skyrocketing high school dropout rate amongst our kids.

Presidential Proclamations - June 1986 - Suicide Prevention Month

Esmeralda Williamson-Noble | Posted 05.25.2011

Esmeralda Williamson-Noble

Was Ronald Reagan's proclamation 5500 of June 1986, the last proclamation concerning Suicide and Mental Health? This is what one of my readers told me...

Archbishop Oscar Romero: Thirty Years and Little Learned

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Joseph A. Palermo

Despite the actions of the mighty Texas Board of Education to erase his memory, Archbishop Romero will be long remembered as a friend of the oppressed and a champion of the poor.

A Footnote to History

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 05.25.2011

Joe Peyronnin

If Obama is unable to overcome the political machinations of Washington, if he is unable to get America on a course to more jobs and a brighter future, if he is unable to bring change, he may very well become a footnote to history.

Barack Hussein Obama: Tiger or Pussy Cat?

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Henry Adams

Anyone with ideas to the contrary learned this week that Barack Obama cannot walk on water. But even if he could, it would do no good, not so far as his opponents are concerned.

Afghanistan: Presidential Double Standards and Military Power

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

Joseph A. Palermo

If any president is going to "cut and run" from an American military engagement he or she better be a Republican. This narrative runs deep in American political discourse.