I thought the 2017 documentary The Reagan Show would be an interesting watch at the very least. And I guess it was to an extent. But the film is a disaster on its own terms. The idea behind it is that everything Reagan did was...
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Slade Gorton died today. Despite the Times obit saying he was a moderate, ol'Slade was not a moderate. He was a mean, nasty racist who especially hated Native Americans. In.
Republican hopefuls for the republican president ticket meet at a fund-raising dinner in Washington, D.C. in 1997. From right: Illinois Sen. Charles Percy, Michigan Sen. George Romney, Richard Nixon, Ronald.
I've spent some time lately consulting with NPR's Planet Money for an episode on the 1981 PATCO strike, when Reagan fired the air traffic controllers and changed the history of American labor for the worse. That episode is now out and you should check it...
While you are enjoying your dry turkey this evening, don't forget to give thanks to Ronald Reagan, who ordered the CIA to establish and train the Contras to overthrow the.
The Washington Post, October 24, 1980: The executive board of the militant organization that represents the nation's aerial traffic cops has endorsed Ronald Reagan for the presidency. Robert D. Poli,.
Today is our annual reminder that the conservative cooptation of Martin Luther King continues in its grotesque march forward away from the truth into a fascist candyland of "colorblindness" to serve the purposes of white supremacy. How did this begin? I am always skeptical of...
I wonder how true this actually is. An Iranian official said "Republican rivals of the current US administration" attempted to stall last month's Iranian-U.S. prisoner swap until the eve of.
Sometimes, it's really surprising that the U.S. and Soviet Union did not actually go to war. This story about Soviet paranoia in the face of Reagan's increasing aggressiveness is quite.
When we think back to the Reagan Administration, there are so many loathsome characters. Oliver North. John Poindexter. James Watt. Jeane Kirkpatrick. Ed Meese. We could go on and on. But as happens in any modern Republican administration, there are all sorts of really powerful...
Good conversation between Thomas Frank and Barry Lynn over the history of monopoly and politics in the United States connecting the two Gilded Ages, how Americans tamed monopoly, and how.
Adam Winkler reminds us of something always worth remembering: Ronald Reagan advocated for gun control. Republicans in California eagerly supported increased gun control. Governor Reagan told reporters that afternoon that.