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Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 13, 2011 14 Comments

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...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 04, 2010 4 Comments

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. -------------------------------------------- Related Posts: Now "Presidential Scholars" Befool Themselves Reagan on...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 20, 2009 5 Comments

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...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 29, 2009 25 Comments

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...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2009 0 Comments

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...

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