Reagan has very significant things to teach us - positive lessons and quite negative lessons. Eugene Jarecki lessonnegativepositive Change image and share on social
Reagan himself, for much of his life, was devoted against the elites. His antagonism to the Soviet Union is antagonism against oppression by the elites of the many. Eugene Jarecki antagonismdevoteelite Change image and share on social
Reagan is held up to us as an example of never raising taxes. Correction: Reagan raised taxes six of his eight years as president. Why? He was a pragmatist, not doctrinaire. He saw problems emerging, and when his policies faltered he changed his views. Flexibility, not rigidity. Eugene Jarecki changecorrectiondoctrinaire share on social
Reagan is the Republican FDR, an exemplar of presidential greatness. Jon Meacham exemplarfdrgreatness Change image and share on social
Reagan never cottoned to dictators. He was pure in this notion in a true belief that democracy was the best solution in the world because it spoke to people's hopes and dreams and aspirations, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of speech. Douglas Brinkley aspirationbeliefcotton share on social
Reagan's approach will achieve one of the basic goals of the conservative: Things remain basically the same. The rich stay rich and the poor stay poor, or even a little poorer. Mike Royko achieveapproachbasic Change image and share on social
Reagan's dead, and he was a lousy President. Keith Olbermann deadlousypresident Change image and share on social
Reagan's emotional intelligence, his ability to suss out people's longings and to channel them for political purposes, was better than just about any human being that ever lived. Rick Perlstein abilitychannelemotional Change image and share on social
Reagan was a pure liberation, free-and-fair election American. Douglas Brinkley americanelectionfair Change image and share on social
