Ronald Reagan
If they couldn’t shut down the government, they proved they could cripple the House of Representatives as a consolation prize.
You don’t need to be a war-hawk to believe America should still have a role in standing up to bullies and defending their victims.
It’s not the president’s age that’s holding him back. It’s his unwillingness to stand up and show some spine.
As the Iran-Contra scandal threatened to sink the Reagan administration, the president inhabited an alternate reality of his own making.
Conservatives have long believed Uncle Sam is the problem—and they’re not alone. But violence is not the answer.
Donald Trump, Jr. and Charlie Kirk used an old slur to paint Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as “ungrateful” and “uppity.”
The West was euphoric with his dramatic steps to end the Cold War. But at home, his openness unleashed building pressures he couldn’t contain with half-measures toward freedom.