by jpitney | Mar 8, 2023 | Reagan, Russia
On March 8, 1983, President Reagan spoke to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, He expressed his views on the Soviet Union, famously calling it an “evil empire.” He defended the Judeo-Christian traditions against the Soviet Union’s...
by jpitney | Feb 26, 2023 | Bipartisanship, Reagan
Joe Concha at MSN: “[Reagan] had a strong set of core values and operated off of those,” GOP strategist and longtime Reagan ally Stuart Spencer told National Public Radio in 2011. “But when push came to shove, he did various things he didn’t like doing, because he...
by jpitney | Sep 25, 2022 | Reagan, Uncategorized
Justin Wm. Moyer at WP: Channy Laux, 60, is the granddaughter of a refugee from communist China who fled to Cambodia. She was 13 when the communist Khmer Rouge, which would eventually kill almost 2 million people, took over Cambodia in 1975. Her father and brother...
by jpitney | Mar 21, 2022 | Russia, Ukraine
President Reagan’s 1987 Captive Nations proclamation: For nearly three decades Captive Nations Week has symbolized the American people’s solidarity with all throughout the world who courageously seek freedom and independence from Soviet domination. During...
by jpitney | Nov 10, 2020 | Civility, Presidency
The letter from @GeorgeHWBush to @billclinton showed true leadership. Pres. Reagan wrote a personal letter to Pres Bush for their transition pic.twitter.com/Kfi6AxprlS — Bush Library (@Bush41Library) October 21, 2016
