From Reagan to Trump: The cold-weather ceremonies that made inauguration history
The 1985 ceremony was originally planned for the Capitol’s west front, as is customary, but the extreme weather prompted a ...
The Australian Financial Review25d
Biography looking for a proto-Trump is blind to Reagan’s vision
In his new biography, Reagan: His Life and Legend, Max Boot makes much of Ronald Reagan’s seeming inability to distinguish fact from fiction. Boot recounts how Reagan would tell the story of the ...
Stuart Spencer, Political Pioneer Who Helped Propel Reagan’s Rise, Dies at 97
One of the nation’s first campaign consultants for hire, he advised leading Republicans, including President Gerald Ford, but ...
The Washington Post4d
1985 was the last time an inauguration was indoors. Ronald and Nancy Reagan felt they had no choice
Ronald and Nancy Reagan were disappointed. That’s what White House press secretary Larry Speakes told reporters on Jan. 18, 1985, after the Republican president and first lady decided to hold ...
National Review12d
Ronald Reagan
James Earl Carter was a liberal, but the occasional steps he took in conservative directions are worth honoring and laid key foundations for the Reagan Revolution. A structure for defending ...
Newsweek6d
Trump's Inauguration Day Expected to Be Coldest Since Reagan's in 1985
Trump's Inauguration Day is expected to be the coldest swearing-in of a president since former President Ronald Reagan's second inauguration. President-elect Donald Trump in Phoenix, Arizona ...
National Catholic Register23d
The Radical Change in the Conscience of America
In the 1980 presidential election, Ronald Reagan defeated President Jimmy Carter ... in which he stated his firm commitment to the sanctity of life. That included those human beings residing ...