Ronald Reagan - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/ronald_reagan/?source=rss&aim=ronald_reagan en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT Arlington unveils a new unknown soldier By Mark Benjamin Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/07/arlington_cemetery/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/10/07/arlington_cemetery/index.html?source=rss The first headstone stamped "Unknown" since 1984 is the result not of war's chaos, but of human error Krugman weighs in on Brooks: "Reagan did it" By Andrew Leonard Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/30/krugman_brooks_and_me/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/30/krugman_brooks_and_me/index.html?source=rss America's love affair with debt really got going in 1980, writes the Times columnist. So it's the Gipper's fault Glenn Beck becomes damaged goods By Alexander Zaitchik Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/22/glenn_beck_two/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/22/glenn_beck_two/index.html?source=rss The radio phenom takes over the morning zoo, makes fun of miscarriages and flames out. Part 2 of 3 Is Obama really that unpopular? By Paul Maslin Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/12/obama_polls/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/08/12/obama_polls/index.html?source=rss A pollster applies some historical context and gives three reasons why things aren't bleak for the president The White House and beer diplomacy By Vincent Rossmeier Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/30/white_house/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/30/white_house/index.html?source=rss Walter Cronkite, 1916-2009 Compiled by Dana Cook Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/07/18/walter_cronkite/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/07/18/walter_cronkite/index.html?source=rss Remembrances of "the most trusted man in America" from Andy Rooney, Ronald Reagan, Isaac Asimov and others The un-American way of life By Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/03/communism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/07/03/communism/index.html?source=rss A controversial new history of Communism suggests that most everything we think we know about it is wrong No, Jimmy Carter did it By Andrew Leonard Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/04/jimmy_carter_did_it/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/04/jimmy_carter_did_it/index.html?source=rss Paul Krugman blames Reagan for today's crisis. Conservatives and liberals gang up to give him a history lesson Dear Wingnut, Ronald Reagan's dead. Time to move on! By Glenallen Walken Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/01/wingnut/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/01/wingnut/index.html?source=rss When will the Right be over Reagan? Our undercover conservative says don't hold your breath Twittering the end of Reagan-Thatcherism By Andrew Leonard Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/02/the_g_20_twitter_feed/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/02/the_g_20_twitter_feed/index.html?source=rss A tale told via cryptic one-liners: 20th century ghosts are haunting the G-20 summit meeting. Dick Cheney was right By Joe Conason Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/03/27/deficits/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2009/03/27/deficits/index.html?source=rss Deficits don't matter -- and Republicans who are complaining about Barack Obama's spending are hypocrites. Is Obamanomics conservative or revolutionary? By Robert Reich Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/03/16/reich/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/03/16/reich/index.html?source=rss If you look only at the small print, the president's economic program looks modest. If you look at the big picture, it's radical. Blaming Obama for the stock market crash By Andrew Leonard Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/23/obama_and_the_stock_market/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/23/obama_and_the_stock_market/index.html?source=rss A Wall Street Journal columnist says the shell-shocked Dow is Obama's fault, and then tells him how to fix it. First: More Ronald Reagan, less Jimmy Carter. It gets worse from there. Obama's Reagan problem By Gary Kamiya Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/02/10/obama_reagan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/02/10/obama_reagan/index.html?source=rss Why did the president make the mistake of thinking he could work with the GOP? His mealy-mouthed support for the Gipper provides a clue. How Republicans created the myth of Ronald Reagan By Will Bunch Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2009/02/02/ronald_reagan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2009/02/02/ronald_reagan/index.html?source=rss With the Gipper's reputation flagging after Clinton, neoconservatives launched a stealthy campaign to remake him as a "great" president. Democrats: The party of business By Joan Walsh Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/01/28/business/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/01/28/business/index.html?source=rss Obama shows his skill at stimulus politics, addressing an admiring crowd of CEOs while the GOP postures and makes itself increasingly irrelevant An economic Bill of Rights for Americans By Michael Lind Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/21/new_contract_two/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/21/new_contract_two/index.html?source=rss We need a new citizen-based Social Contract that would deliver universal healthcare and paid family leave. No jobs and too much oil By Andrew Leonard Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/12/11/jobs_and_oil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/12/11/jobs_and_oil/index.html?source=rss Do you remember the last time global oil consumption dropped and weekly jobless claims spiked over half a million? How about the halcyon days of Ronald Reagan's first term? Is it OK to be liberal again, instead of progressive? By Michael Lind Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/21/liberals/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/11/21/liberals/index.html?source=rss Come out of the closet, liberals. Stop using the fashionable euphemism "progressive" and relaunch the old, tarnished L-word. Former Reagan chief of staff endorses Obama By Alex Koppelman Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/31/duberstein/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/10/31/duberstein/index.html?source=rss Kenneth Duberstein says he'll vote for Barack Obama, and adds, of Palin V.P. choice, "even at McDonald's you get interviewed three times." The corporate financiers are wrong By Joe Conason Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/09/19/market/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/09/19/market/index.html?source=rss Would they please shut up about the wonders of an unfettered free market? It's taxpayers who are paying the price for their greed -- again. The end of history, or the beginning? By Andrew Leonard Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/18/capitalism_as_we_know_it/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/18/capitalism_as_we_know_it/index.html?source=rss A reflection on current affairs Hurricane Ike and Ronald Reagan By Andrew Leonard Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/09/hurricane_reagan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/09/09/hurricane_reagan/index.html?source=rss A future of ever-stormier weather will make life tough for Gulf offshore oil drillers. Go ahead, blame the Gipper. Kwame Kilpatrick exits, with Barack Obama holding the door By Edward McClelland Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/04/detroit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/04/detroit/index.html?source=rss With the presidential race in Michigan too close for comfort, it can only help Obama that Detroit's racially divisive and felonious mayor has finally lost his job. McCain's scary economic advisor By Joe Conason Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/05/30/mccain_gramm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/05/30/mccain_gramm/index.html?source=rss Not only is former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm a shill for special interests, his deregulation policies helped spur the mortgage crisis, among other financial disasters.