Ann Althouse posted a video about Ronald Reagan’s criticism of the Berkeley protests in the 1960s, which includes this comment by Michael Rossman (at 1:22 of the clip):

“He won by pandering to a citizenry that is outraged by what these terrible insolent ungrateful children were doing on the campuses.”

Times have changed. 

Republicans won in...

Well, why would they, he was no Jack Kennedy or Ronald Reagan:

Miss him yet?

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An amazing address (emphasis mine):

In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we’ve been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for,...

Ronald Reagan’s televised address to the nation after the Challenger disaster in 1986 touched the nation as few other presidential addresses have. 

Reagan’s speech text was a masterpiece of brevity and eloquence, but it was the presentation which touched the nation.  Simplicity was the order of the day.  No crowds or stadiums...

Ronald Reagan’s final speech as President, sometimes known as the “Shining City Upon A Hill” speech.

But the speech was so much more. Incredible foresight on the eradication of the American memory (at 2:50), coming true before our very eyes.

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Barack Obama is flooding the news shows this morning with appearances on five networks (excluding Fox, of course). More of the same, as if an address to a joint session of Congress and “major” speeches almost every day were not enough.

The attitude from the top down is that...

It would be very easy to fall into a depression over Arlen Specter switching political parties, giving Democrats a likely filibuster-proof Senate majority. The result will be that Obama will be able to push through much of his agenda without meaningful debate.

Not that I will miss Specter personally. Specter h...

I happened upon the following, which I hope you will enjoy as much as I did:

Mr. Reagan tells the story of the time in 1981 when a senior admiral came to the White House to brief the President and Cabinet on maneuvers scheduled to begin in the Gulf of Sidra...