Politics

There He Goes Again There He Goes Again

Near the end of his threadbare, tendentious and dubious hagiography of Ronald Reagan, Peter Schweizer recounts the President's first trip to Moscow, in late spring 1988.

Jun 8, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Walter C. Uhler

66 Things to Think About When Flying Into Reagan National Airport 66 Things to Think About When Flying Into Reagan National Airport

The firing of the air traffic controllers, winnable nuclear war, recallable nuclear missiles, trees that cause pollution, Elliott Abrams lying to Congress, ketchup as a vegetabl...

Jun 8, 2004 / Editorial / David Corn

Reefer Madness Reefer Madness

If there was anything unusual in Judge Douglas Ginsburg's rapid descent, it was probably the sight of White House conservatives scrambling to create a loophole in the national dr...

Jun 7, 2004 / Editorial / Abbie Hoffman

Not Necessarily the First Lady Not Necessarily the First Lady

Nancy and Ronald Reagan met, they have repeatedly said, when she was blacklisted by mistake in the early 1950s after having been confused with another actress who had the same na...

Jun 7, 2004 / Feature / Jon Wiener

Libyan Epilogue Libyan Epilogue

Ronald Reagan understands the uses of terrorism. The air strike he ordered against Libya demonstrates that far more powerfully the press accounts available to Americans revealed.

Jun 7, 2004 / Editorial / Ramsey Clark

The Age of Reaganism The Age of Reaganism

Not since the era of the late junior Senator from Wisconsin has an American political figure given this country an eponymous ism.

Jun 7, 2004 / Feature / Andrew Kopkind

Some of Our Best Friends Are Authoritarians Some of Our Best Friends Are Authoritarians

The Reagan Administration has made faint efforts to fake an attitude toward human rights; it has made no effort to implement a policy. Let's look at the record.

Jun 7, 2004 / Feature / Patricia Derian

Reagan’s Cowboy Capitalism Reagan’s Cowboy Capitalism

With firmness and style, President Reagan has commandeered the rhetorical high ground by his "program for economic recovery." The phrases and concepts of Reaganomics--get governm...

Jun 7, 2004 / Feature / Mark Green

Ronald Reagan and the Imperial Presidency Ronald Reagan and the Imperial Presidency

On October 19, stung by President Jimmy Carter's charges that he might involve the United States in a nuclear war if elected President, Ronald Reagan made a television address in...

Jun 7, 2004 / Feature / Ronnie Dugger

Under the Banner of the ‘War’ on Terror Under the Banner of the ‘War’ on Terror

A political slogan is not a strategy for national defense.

Jun 3, 2004 / Feature / William Greider

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