Ronald Reagan

Gobel in 1919; actor Anthony Zerbe in 1936 (age 76); hockey Hall of Fame member Stan Mikita and Japanese baseball home run king Sadaharu Oh, both in 1940 (age 72); British singer/songwriter Joe Cocker in 1944 (age 68); singer/actor Cher, born Cherilyn Sarkisian,... Full Article at United Press International

White House and Congress have avoided, given Republicans’ opposition to tax increases and Democrats’ to cutting Medicare unless taxes are raised. Tax increases were part of nearly every significant deficit-reduction measure of the 1980s and 1990s,... Full Article at The New York Times

WORTH, Texas, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 19, 1982, Ronald Reagan served as president of the United States, and Margaret Thatcher was prime minister of the United Kingdom. Also on that date, a significant development occurred in American... Full Article at PR Newswire

We’d often pause at a bean-shaped screen, beneath a ceiling of giant hanging jelly beans. Though my mind often drifts at the sound of a corporate fact sheet, it stayed put. I was glad it stuck around, or I might never have known that: ●Ronald Reagan, a... Full Article at The Washington Post

He can also argue the country is indeed recovering from the recession—although his aides know he has to be careful on this point, since progress has been slow. The president can also try to associate Mr. Romney with the failed economic policies of... Full Article at The New York Times

As the world’s wealthiest nation, Obama added, the United States has a “moral obligation” to lead the fight against starvation. “When tens of thousand of children die from the agony of starvation like in Somalia, that shows we still have a lot of work... Full Article at The Washington Post

Romney rolled out a robust, Reagan-esque foreign policy vision in October at the Citadel and a foreign policy white paper that was unflinching in its criticism of the administration’s approach to national security. But that seems eons ago, and with... Full Article at The Washington Post

HAVE tried it! Low taxes on the rich, light regulations on the financial institutions, itchy trigger finger in foreign policy. Only the faces of the presidential candidates have been changed to protect the guilty. This was The Bush Era! The climactic... Full Article at The Washington Post

Catholics are up for grabs this year. A Gallup poll from April has President Obama and Mitt Romney tied among Catholics, 46 percent each. At nearly 20 percent of the population, Catholics have roughly mirrored the popular vote in the last eight elections. Full Article at The New York Times

Supporters of Mitt Romney cheer at his election night party in Novi, Mich. , in February. Supporters of Mitt Romney cheer at his election night party in Novi, Mich. , in February. In addition to its own editorials, USA TODAY publishes a variety of... Full Article at USA Today

In the segment above with Fox News’s Megyn Kelly and Michael Meehan of the 2004 John Kerry campaign, Rogers — a veteran of the Reagan White House and the first Bush White House, a co-founder of the BGR Group , and one of the authors of The Post’s... Full Article at The Washington Post

It is on this question of empathy that the Bain story hangs, and perhaps Romney's chances for election. Romney seems to have a tin ear and foot-in-mouth disease, which is troubling for a political candidate. Unlike John F. Kennedy or Ronald Reagan, who... Full Article at The Washington Post

Mr. Clinton raised taxes on the wealthy, invested in education and technology and balanced the budget. “Maybe Romney was too busy firing people in the ’90s to have noticed,” Mr. Podesta said. Craig Shirley, a conservative consultant and Reagan... Full Article at The New York Times

Indeed, this drag has been going on for some time, and it may help explain why the recovery has been so anemic. During Ronald Reagan’s first term, by contrast, when the economy was hauling itself out of the 1982 recession, federal and state governments... Full Article at The Washington Post

S.D. He was 89. His death was confirmed by his attorney, Vance Goldammer, who said the senator had “no specific medical condition.” Sen. Abdnor served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives before being swept into the Senate during the... Full Article at The Washington Post

A review of our news releases reveals: "Romney is contorting himself into a pretzel"; "(Romney's proposal) is a recipe for legal chaos"; "It is time for governor Romney to adopt an agenda for the 21st century." Despite our preference for Ronald... Full Article at USA Today

We cannot forget that the majority of the deficit has been caused by the Republican zeal for tax cutting. We should not be fooled, as this is yet another effort to enrich the wealthy and hurt the most needy. Mr. Boehner and his ilk should be reminded... Full Article at The New York Times

But Mr. Abdnor had another advantage. He was widely seen as a nice guy, a rare quality in politics that found expression that year in Ronald Reagan’s presidential victory. It carried many Republicans, including Mr. Abdnor, on its coattails in a sweep... Full Article at The New York Times

The 'Lumaj Plan' articulates both the domestic policy challenges and the existential foreign threats that dominate regions of the world that American hegemony has thwarted for decades. Written under the aegis of Fredrick Hayek, Ludwig von Mises and... Full Article at PR Newswire