RonaldReagan

Obama's Problem: He's Too Reaganesque

Snark: Obama borrowed "from a leader who talked a great deal about sunny days but very little about the budget deficits and debt that flowed from his policies."

Reagan's Rebuke of Carter Missing in Debate Commission's Transcript

Is it an editing error or a dose of political correctness?

Minneapolis Bridge Collapse? Reagan's Fault

The Times' architecture critic praises Communist China's Olympic infrastructure and compares such "planning" unfavorably to the Reaganite U.S.: "This kind of bold government planning died long ...

It's Still All Reagan's Fault

Eric Eckholm on two studies of the drug war: "More than two decades after President Ronald Reagan escalated the war on drugs, arrests for drug sales or, more often, drug possession are still rising."

Uchitelle's Snide Criticism of Supply-Side Tax Cuts

"When Ronald Reagan ran for president in 1980, he promised to cut taxes in what seemed, at the time, a magical way."

What? Times Thinks McCain's Summer Meltdown Caused by Moves to the Right

According to Elisabeth Bumiller, the McCain campaign collapsed last summer because he ran to the right on tax cuts and religion - but she doesn't mention how McCain's stance on amnesty for ...

Back to the 80s? A Bad Reaganite Rerun, Says Style Reporter

There they go again: "The leading action symbols of the Reagan era - with all their excess, jingoism and good vs. evil bombast...."

Times Says Free Market a False Idol

Simplistic liberalism in the news pages: "For more than a quarter-century, the dominant idea guiding economic policy in the United States and much of the globe has been that the market is ...

Columnist Wars, Round 3: Brooks, Krugman and Bob Herbert Fight Over "Racist" Reagan Claims

Now, paleoliberal Bob Herbert responds to fellow columnist David Brooks' defense of Reagan from left-wing charges of making racist appeals in his 1980 campaign.

Reagan the Racist? David Brooks vs. Paul Krugman, Round 2

Slate picks up on David Brooks' secret attack on Paul Krugman for spreading myths about Reagan and racism.
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