by jpitney | Feb 19, 2025 | Foreign Policy, Reagan, Russia
Ronald Reagan, 1983: It was C. S. Lewis who, in his unforgettable “Screwtape Letters,” wrote: “The greatest evil is not done now in those sordid ‘dens of crime’ that Dickens loved to paint. It is not even done in concentration camps and...
by jpitney | Dec 31, 2024 | Bipartisanship, Congress, Reagan
Jill Lawrence at The Bulwark: “Bipartisan work is as basic as the American covenant, E pluribus unum, out of many, one,” Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Georgia Democrat, said recently on NBC’s Meet the Press. In 2022, he ran a memorable campaign ad about his unlikely work...
by jpitney | Dec 25, 2024 | Reagan
As the opening shot shows, some things have changed since 1984, but the Christmas message endures.
by jpitney | Nov 28, 2024 | Reagan, Thanksgiving
by jpitney | Nov 7, 2024 | Reagan, Ukraine
For us in Ukraine, and all across Europe, it has always been crucial to hear the words of the then 45th President of the United States about “peace through strength.” When this principle becomes the policy of the 47th President, both America and the entire world will...
by jpitney | Sep 16, 2024 | Reagan
Michael Reagan: Hollywood can’t always be trusted to accurately portray reality or history, to say the least. But I fully enjoyed watching the facts go by in the premier of “Reagan,” which I saw this week at the famous Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard. “Reagan,”...