Not Necessarily the First Lady Not Necessarily the First Lady
Nancy and Ronald Reagan met, they have repeatedly said, when she was blacklisted by mistake in the early 1950s after having been confused with another actress who had the same na...
Jun 7, 2004 / Feature / Jon Wiener
Libyan Epilogue Libyan Epilogue
Ronald Reagan understands the uses of terrorism. The air strike he ordered against Libya demonstrates that far more powerfully the press accounts available to Americans revealed.
Jun 7, 2004 / Ramsey Clark
The Age of Reaganism The Age of Reaganism
Not since the era of the late junior Senator from Wisconsin has an American political figure given this country an eponymous ism.
Jun 7, 2004 / Feature / Andrew Kopkind
Some of Our Best Friends Are Authoritarians Some of Our Best Friends Are Authoritarians
The Reagan Administration has made faint efforts to fake an attitude toward human rights; it has made no effort to implement a policy. Let's look at the record.
Jun 7, 2004 / Feature / Patricia Derian
Reagan’s Cowboy Capitalism Reagan’s Cowboy Capitalism
With firmness and style, President Reagan has commandeered the rhetorical high ground by his "program for economic recovery." The phrases and concepts of Reaganomics--get governm...
Jun 7, 2004 / Feature / Mark Green
Ronald Reagan and the Imperial Presidency Ronald Reagan and the Imperial Presidency
On October 19, stung by President Jimmy Carter's charges that he might involve the United States in a nuclear war if elected President, Ronald Reagan made a television address in...
Jun 7, 2004 / Feature / Ronnie Dugger
Soros on America’s Future Soros on America’s Future
Looking down the list of speakers scheduled to address the Campaign for America's Future's well-attended and well-spoken "Take Back America" conference this week, it was easy to s...
Jun 5, 2004 / John Nichols
Signs of Revival Signs of Revival
Thursday's Wall Street Journal reports that "the American left is seeing signs of political revival" as Bush's economic and foreign policies alienate growing numbers of Americans...
Jun 4, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Tenet Heads Into the Cold Tenet Heads Into the Cold
CIA chief George Tenet should have left a long time ago. But that doesn't mean he should be the fall guy now. When Tenet announced his resignation a...
Jun 4, 2004 / David Corn
The Invisibles The Invisibles
When you go to the Human Rights Watch International Film Festival, you expect the screen to be a window onto the world.
Jun 3, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans