
Upon receiving a copy of the new book The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan, that author Rick Perlstein asked me to review, I immediately noticed what I personally believe are startling similarities to my book Reagan’s Revolution:
by Craig Shirley5 Aug 2014, 3:19 PM PST0

This is not the first time the corrupt national GOP power structure and the Mississippi Republican Party have betrayed conservatism. By now, the deeply questionable practices of the Thad Cochran campaign and his apparatchiks in Mississippi are known to all. Mysterious robo-calls, unaccounted
by Craig Shirley29 Jun 2014, 10:27 AM PST0

For those who are considered to be members of the Reagan family–White House staff, campaign staff, writers, biographers, affiliated memberships–all have often heard over the years from their fellow citizens about Reagan, “He made me feel good about myself.” For
by Craig Shirley5 Jun 2014, 7:30 AM PST0

The 1980 campaign brought about the dissolution of the old New Deal Coalition and the rise of the Reagan Democrat, a phrase coined by Newsweek political writer Peter Goldman after that historic election. Yet all campaigns cannot be viewed as isolated incidents
by Craig Shirley21 May 2014, 10:48 AM PST0

Saturday, February 28, 1981 “…A call…reported a boat load of Haitians approaching our shores. I’m all for opening the door to refugees from totalitarianism but this is more complicated. These are just people who believe they can have a better life
by Craig Shirley10 Apr 2014, 10:31 AM PST0

Try as they might, some commentators during the U.S.-Russian hockey game could not muster much credible moral argument for making a comparison between Sochi of 2014 and Lake Placid of 1980. Of course, we all wanted the US team to win this time, just
by Craig Shirley18 Feb 2014, 12:50 PM PST0

Studying and writing about Ronald Reagan is it is like unwrapping a new package each day. He may have been the most prolific writer and lecturer and commentator ever to serve in the Oval Office and he remains one of the most interesting
by Craig Shirley6 Feb 2014, 9:32 AM PST0

It would have been too much to ask for Hollywood to give the Reagans their due in the forthcoming movie “The Butler.” You knew that going in. But either way, casting Jane Fonda in the role of Nancy Reagan was
by Craig Shirley14 Aug 2013, 2:54 AM PST0

Traditionally, losing presidential candidates stay out of party affairs, the practical reason being that their party has moved on and sees the loser as radioactive or having something contagious. It may not be fair, but it is the way of
by Craig Shirley5 Jun 2013, 10:22 AM PST0

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