Ronald Reagan

Stigma of Japanese-American war internees in U.S. lingers

Twenty years after the United States offered a national apology and reparations to Japanese-Americans for forcibly relocating them to internment camps during World War II, those who fought against the injustice still bear a...

Pop culture Q&A: Jane Wyman stars in 1948 film

Q: I have been wondering about a movie I saw on TV in the early '50s called "Belinda," it was about a girl who was a deaf mute who became pregnant. The movie was in black and white. It has stuck in my mind and I would like to...

Save GM to preserve U.S. industrial defense strength

By LOREN B. THOMPSONARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Many Americans find economics boring. For such people, Republican economics in the era of Presidents George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan has been a godsend.

Obama Appointees Face Extensive Vetting

As President-elect Barack Obama assembles his administration, an army of lawyers are vetting his potential picks with unprecedented scrutiny of their personal, financial and professional backgrounds, reports the Washington Post.

GOP Targets Unions in Auto Bailout Opposition

When President-elect Barack Obama held his first press conference he made clear that his priority was addressing the nation’s economic crisis. Obama encouraged the 110th Congress and President Bush to pass a second stimulus...

A Matter of Leadership

When Dan Lungren began his first stint as a congressman in 1979, it wasn't easy to be a Republican in Washington. Democrats held the White House and both houses of Congress. Republicans were "exhausted and bereft of ideas."...

The Sting: Obama's Old Deal

"A good catch word can obscure analysis for fifty years." -- Oliver Wendell Holmes The Obama era comes clearer. The President-elect, says the President-elect himself on CBS' 60 Minutes, believes in an administration centered on...

Dec 2, 2008: Funding Fathers: The Unsung Heroes of the Conservative Movement at The Heritage...

Host: The Heritage Foundation. Most people know about Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan, but who knows about Holmes Tuttle, Henry Regnery, and Antony Fisher? Yet it was devoted conservatives like them – and dozens of others –...

Baseball-Card Companies Lure Collectors

On a recent evening, Barbara Ann Artusa and her husband hunkered down on the living room floor for their Saturday night ritual: opening packs of baseball cards. This year, closely held trading card giant Upper Deck Co. LLC,...

Market Pros: Short-Term Looks Awful - But We're Buying (at CNBC)

Market Pros: Short-Term Looks Awful — But We're Buying On Tuesday, U.S. legislators heard testimony from Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke, the TARP bailout seems to ire everyone — and few can agree...