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Faith and Work: Author Shares Life Lessons, Leadership Skills From Ronald Reagan

Lessons on leadership and Reagan's life told by best-selling author and speaker Margot Morrell in Reagan's Journey, highlights the fact that, "even storied careers have ups and downs. Ronald Reagan's was no exception. Throughout hisShow More Summary

President Obama and the Frothing Hyenas

PRESIDENT OBAMA fires the acting (interim) head of the IRS, appoints Daniel I. Erfel from the OMB, but that’s scene as “damage control.” What would Ronald Reagan have done? Whatever it was it would have been enough. After all, he got away with Iran-Contra. George W. Bush got away with secret torture chambers and lying [...]Show More Summary

Ronald Reagan, President Of Leisure

Yes, that is a real picture of Ronald Reagan wearing sweatpants on Air Force One. You’re welcome. Ronald Reagan, President Of Leisure is a post from: The Inquisitr Ronald Reagan, President Of Leisure is a post from: The Inquisitr

Guatamala’s Montt guilty of Atrocity; but what about Ronald Reagan? (Democracy Now!)

A Guatamalan court has sentenced former dictator Efrain Rios Montt to 80 years in prison for his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,771 members of the Maya Ixil by the army during his period in power, 1982-83. What the court did not decide was the culpability of Ronald Reagan for the atrocity, given his [...]

MSNBC's Hayes Suggests Fox News Should Link Reagan to Genocide in Guatemala

On the Tuesday, May 14, All In show, Chris Hayes linked former President Ronald Reagan to a former Guatemalan dictator convicted of genocide as the MSNBC host seemed to suggest that the story was as worthy of attention as Benghazi and...Show More Summary

Michael Burns: Too Great to Fail

To paraphrase former President Ronald Reagan, anyone who doesn't recognize that our financial community still has heroes, even in this troubled and cynical era, isn't looking in the right place, and Jamie Dimon at the helm of JPMorgan is foremost among them.

As Live Talks Los Angeles Turns Three Years Old, Its Founder Explains What Makes a Great Conversation

Ronald Reagan may have been the Great Communicator, but Ted Habte-Gabr is obsessed with conversation. Habte-Gabr produces Live Talk Los Angeles, a series of events that pair interesting names...

Shark? – “California Grrls” Video (Stereogum Premiere)

NYC garage quartet Shark? seem to inhabit a world where primarily everyone dons a poor quality Ronalde Reagan (I assume this is Reagan. Just a janky, janky Reagan) mask in their normal lives. They wear a Reagan mask when they’re at band practice, making out, and stealing people’s purses. It’s the right display of Shark?’s [...]

What, will these hands ne'er be clean?

By Capt. FoggThere's a lesson to be learned from the trial of Guatemala's former dictator Efrian Rios Montt, ‘a man of great personal integrity... totally dedicated to democracy’ said Ronald Reagan, surprised upon visiting him in Honduras that Central America was composed of several countries. Show More Summary

"Man of Great Personal Integrity" Sentenced to 80 Years in Prison for Genocide

Posted by news intern Ansel Herz Ronald Reagan accomplished many things. One of them was lending his friendship and the robust support of his government to a man convicted today in Guatemala as a mass killer—Efrain Rios Montt, the thick-mustachioed...Show More Summary

Israeli Budget Cuts? Not Exactly

By Aaron Katsman: “Governments don’t reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth.” – US president Ronald Reagan So after many zigzags and leaks to the media we finally get to see Finance Minister Yair Lapid’s budget. Show More Summary

Send for Boris, Britain's Ronald Reagan

Another day, another deranged report on the future of Heathrow. This time it is the Transport Select Committee suggesting that London's main airport be extended to four (four!) runways, doubling the airport's size and blighting the lives of millions of people who live in West London. Forget the various horse racing scandals. We must ask: [...]

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In a May 9 "Explainer," Brian Palmer misspelled Ronald Reagan last name.

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A conservative defense of government

Everyone knows that Ronald Reagan famously said "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem." But as Ramesh Ponnuru recently pointed out, there is a "less famous yet crucial beginning of that sentence": "In our present crisis." Conservatives rightly hate nanny-state government and big-spending bureaucracy. Show More Summary

The Butler Trailer: Arrived!

The first The Butler trailer has arrived. Forest Whitaker stars as Cecil Gaines, a character based on the real-life White House Butler Eugene Allen, who served under 7 U.S. Presidents, from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Ronald Reagan. TheShow More Summary

The Chrome Horn Episode 11: Talladega I

There was a lot that happened at Talladega to talk about, no? Hell, we had so much to talk about that we hit the hour mark without getting to talk about the Nationwide race. Sorry Ronald Reagan Smith. Got any questions for us to useShow More Summary

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