Ronald Reagan’s legacy remains one of the most fiercely debated in modern American politics. His presidency brought major economic growth, a dramatic military buildup and a fundamental shift in how ...

The tributes to President Jimmy Carter give him maximum credit for appointing Paul Volcker chair of the Federal Reserve, in August 1979. The horrendous stagflation of the period—three straight years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images The commercial itself was simple and effective. Against ...

How did Ronald Reagan’s vision of the American Dream lead to Donald Trump’s success? Looking back to 1983, Diane Winston will discuss how evangelical religion, the news media, and social turmoil ...

To the editor: Joel Edward Goza presents an excellent comparison and history of the Reagan Revolution policies and Project 2025, and the role of the Heritage Foundation in both. Left out, however, is ...

In the run-up to the 2008 Presidential primary contests, the Republican Party was less settled on a candidate than at any time since 1952, the year a favored Senator Robert Taft (Ohio) lost out to ...

Hailed by many as a history-altering savior responsible for communism’s decline and scorned by others as a clueless, intellectually unsophisticated actor out of touch with both common folks and the ...

In trying to come to grips with a surprisingly big and wide-ranging electoral victory by Donald Trump and his Republican Party on November 5, the search for precedents is inevitable. And to a lot of ...

WASHINGTON — On the evening of May 1, 1976, Ronald Reagan warbled the lyrics of The Eyes of Texas Are Upon You into a telephone from a hotel in Indiana. On the other end of the line, hundreds of ...

It would be the highest irony if the evidence of conservative evolution came on the occasion of a bruising midterm election, but two stories by the media today suggest that conservatives have changed ...