by Jane Richey | Dec 5, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Ronald Reagan, who was then a movie actor, delivered one of the greatest and most prophetic speeches of the 20th century, when he appeared before the Orange County Press Club on July 28, 1961. Vital Speeches of the Day later published the full text under the headline,...
by Jane Richey | Jul 30, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Politics
So many people have complained that something must be done about U.S. health care. But the truth is that a solution has been staring us in the face for years — about forty years, in fact. And it all started with Ronald Reagan. In 1971, California was heading...
by Jane Richey | May 24, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
Americans despise taxes. After all, one of the key issues that paved the way for the American Revolution was the unfair taxation that King George III levied against the Colonies. Now some in the US Senate want to say yes to an international tax. It would be the...
by Jane Richey | Apr 16, 2012 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
Politicians often cloak themselves in the mantle of statesmen from other eras who exemplified virtues that they lack. Barack Obama, like other politicians who sense Americans’ deep appreciation of Ronald Reagan, is out there invoking the Gipper. It’s like...
by Jane Richey | Apr 5, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets
From Warren Cole Smith: It was the fall of 1981. The United States was coming out of a recession. Ronald Reagan had been president since January. Among his first acts in the White House had been to dramatically cut spending for social programs. And the woman sitting...