Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan’s easy-going charisma was formidable. It was also easy — too easy — to ridicule him. Reducing the 40th President to a cartoon character often backfired in his opponents’ faces. Never a Republican, I nevertheless watched almost every speech and televised press conference that he made during the Eighties…

July 6, 1921 — March 6, 2016 — Beloved wife of St. Ronald, the Patron Saint of Dementia, Nancy ran the White House during Ronnie’s dementia-addled second term using a National Enquirer astrologer for policy advice. “Private lines were set up in the White House and Camp David to assist in phone calls between Nancy Reagan and her astrologer, which occurred multiple times a day, and she was paid $3,000 a month for her work.” Wikipedia

This article highlighting the progress of whistleblowing and its ties to U.S. presidents was sent as part of NWC’s “Sunday Read” series. For more information like this, please join our mailing list. Whistleblowing is embedded in the founding of America, with its origin in the U.S. antedating President George Washington’s…

There’s an episode of 30 Rock called “Reaganing.” In it, Jack Donaghy (played by Alec Baldwin) claims that he has achieved “a magic zone of error-free living,” which is named in honor of the American president who is best remembered for loving jellybeans and his aversion to walls. …

Political Dynasties Are Part of America. The Kennedys Aren’t A Great One — And Actually Compare To One Universally Disliked There are many myths about American history that we are told as children and that far too many of us cling to when we should well know better. …