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Tag Archives: Ronald Reagan
Tying Today To Our Real Past
This is one of a series of “chats” Heather Cox Richardson posted on the history of the Republican Party. The full collection is on her facebook website. Each chat is about an hour. I believe there are 16 of them. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged Heather Cox Richardson, historical perspective, movement conservative, redistribution of wealth, Ronald Reagan, socialism, supply-side economics
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A Fractured People
Reprinted with permission from the May 2020 issue of The Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. The PP is funded entirely by reader subscription, available only in hard copy for $12/yr. Send check to PP, Box 1945, Iowa City 52244. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog for Iowa
Tagged AIDS, Covid-19, Prairie Progressive May 2020, Ronald Reagan
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Flint and Reagan's Wake
Driving out of Flint, Mich. on Bristol Road wasn’t in the plans. I interviewed some 30 people, all but one male, for truck driving jobs at the Days Inn across from the GM plant. Tired and ready for sleep, I … Continue reading
Posted in Jobs, Labor, middle-class
Tagged Flint, Flint water crisis, GM, labor, Michael Moore, middle class, Ronald Reagan, unions
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Reagan’s Presidency
Ran across this excerpt from The American President: From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton by William E. Luchtenberg Many folks make note that when George W. Bush was President, the government was actually run by VP Cheney. Few people knew … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election Campaign
Tagged myth, Reagan disengaged, Ronald Reagan
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No Mother Should Worry
Hillary Clinton made a speech addressing the Trayvon Martin travesty in which she stated: “My prayers are with the Martin family and with every family who loves someone who is lost to violence. No mother, no father should ever have … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Hillary Clinton
Tagged fathers, mothers, Pres. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, worry
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