Ronald Reagan
How America Got So Angry (Hint: It Didn’t Start With Trump)
The disintegration of discourse has many causes, from political extremism to a feature of globalization that few consider — shipping containers.
Before Trump, Philip Roth Took Aim At The ‘Grotesquerie’ Of Ronald Reagan, Too
In an interview with The Paris Review, Philip Roth talks about Ronald Reagan in terms shockingly similar to those he used to describe Trump.
An Impatient and Uninformed Electorate Dooms America To Repeat History
The groups that vote in disastrous, incompetent leaderships time and time again, primarily lower income and less educated, are the ones who pay the heaviest price for the consequences, in resources and often in lives.
Poverty Shock: Stats Show Ills Began in 2001, Not '07
Just in time for the fall harvest festival of Sukkot, the U.S. Census Bureau has published what we might call a 2013 update of America’s own Harvest of Shame: a comprehensive annual report on the state of income, poverty and health insurance in the United States.
Minority Inequality Falls, Income Inequality Rises
Pressure for black, women’s and gay rights has brought down barriers in America. But inequality is more rife than ever, J.J. Goldberg writes.
The Tsarnaev Brothers Are Many Things. But Cowards? Not So Much.
President Obama called the Boston Marathon bombing a ‘cowardly act.’ Why don’t we ever stop to think what an absurd adjective this is to describe most terror attacks?
Margaret Thatcher, Conservative Icon, Was Wiser Than Friend Ronald Reagan
Say what you will about Margaret Thatcher. The architect of painful economic restructuring, Britain’s Iron Lady was smarter and more tenacious than her friend Ronald Reagan.
Real Tax Debate? Eisenhower vs. Reagan
The debate over taxes between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama is really a clash between the approaches of two Republican icons: Ronald Reagan and Dwight Eisenhower.
Rebels With a Cause
Jewish radicals in California fought against social injustice —and Ronald Reagan in the ’80s. But they were inspired by images of the Holocaust.
From Reagan to Gibson: A Star's Life and Loves
Admirers of the 79-year-old filmstar Piper Laurie, especially her three Oscar-nominated performances in “The Hustler” (1961), “Carrie” (1976) and “Children of a Lesser God” (1986), may not know about the abiding importance of Yiddishkeit to her achievements.