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  • Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, receives a standing ovation as she arrives at the Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Friday Feb. 4, 2011. Mrs. Palin was the headline speaker for the Ronald Reagan Centennial celebration opening reception hosted by the Young Americans Foundation. (AP Photo/Spencer Weiner)

    Palin: America out of step with Reagan's values

    By Michael R. Blood - Associated Press

    America is on a “road to ruin” because of misguided policies in Washington and needs to get back in step with the values of Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin said at an event honoring the former president’s legacy. Published February 5, 2011 Comments

  • **FILE** Ronald Reagan. (Associated Press)

    Ronald Reagan’s enduring legacy

    By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

    From the granite facade of Mount Rushmore to road signs and school buildings in communities across the country, the push is going strong to enshrine Ronald Reagan’s legacy in stone and steel — a fitting tribute, admirers say, to the man who ended communism in Europe and turned the political debate from Roosevelt’s New Deal to supply-side economics or, more simply, Reaganism. Published February 3, 2011 Comments

  • President Reagan is flanked by West German Parliament President Philipp Jenninger (left) and Chancellor Helmut Kohl at West Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, where he said, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" (Associated Press)

    JOCH: To Eastern eyes, Reagan a liberator

    By Roman Joch - The Washington Times

    For those of us who suffered under communism, Ronald Reagan was our liberator. As Britain’s Margaret Thatcher said: “Ronald Reagan won the Cold War without firing a shot.” Published February 3, 2011 Comments

  • President Reagan announces the resignation of Chief Justice Warren E. Burger (right) during a briefing at the White House on June 17, 1986. Reagan said he would nominate Justice William H. Rehnquist (second from right) to the post of chief justice and Antonin Scalia (left) as a member of the Supreme Court. (Associated Press)

    MEESE: Reagan upheld the rule of law

    By Ed Meese - The Washington Times

    Ronald Reagan was committed to restoring the concept of constitutional fidelity. Published February 3, 2011 Comments

  • TULLAI: Reagan the humorist in chief

    By Martin Tullai - The Washington Times

    There’s debate about where Ronald Reagan ranks among America’s greatest presidents, but there is far less doubt whether he should be recognized as our “most humorous president.” Published February 3, 2011 Comments

  • Reagan an actor on God’s stage, son says

    By Michael Reagan - The Washington Times

    On the 100th anniversary of my father’s birthday, it’s time to listen and learn from him again. It’s time for a new Reagan revolution. Published February 3, 2011 Comments

  • Flanked by physicist Edward Teller (left) and Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson, director of the Strategic Defense Initiative, President Reagan arrives to address a conference marking the first five years of the SDI program on March 14, 1988, in Washington. (Associated Press)

    Reagan the commander in chief of rearming

    By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

    When Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, he inherited a broken all-volunteer military force, still reeling from the traumas of the post-Vietnam era. When he left the White House eight years later, he left the nation a well-equipped, highly professional military on which the country has depended for three decades. Published February 3, 2011 Comments

  • House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr. (right) leans forward to ask President Reagan a question during the Social Security bill-signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on April 20, 1983, as various political figures look on. (Associated Press)

    ‘Bipartisan spirit’ part of Reagan’s legacy

    By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

    Ronald Reagan, despite his status as the “Great Communicator,” was a polarizing figure during his eight years in the White House. But the Reagan legend has proven malleable and open to shifting interpretations over time. Published February 3, 2011 Comments

  • In this Sept. 20, 1976 photo, Ronald Reagan is seen at a Hollywood sound studio as he began the taping of a new nationwide commentary program. (Associated Press)

    LAMBRO: Conversations with Reagan

    By Donald Lambro - The Washington Times

    Centennial events here and around the world officially begin this week to commemorate Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday that will mark the 40th president’s historic legacy. These events have rekindled a lot of fond memories of my interviews with Reagan. Published February 3, 2011 Comments

  • Ronald and Nancy Reagan were deeply affectionate, close friends say. (The Washington Times)

    Nancy Reagan was a true political partner

    By Andrea Billups - The Washington Times

    Nancy Reagan’s value in the White House was much more than as a sidelines tea-pourer with a penchant for Galanos gowns and a distrust of outsiders. Published February 3, 2011 Comments

  • Former President Ronald Reagan celebrates with his wife, Nancy, at their Bel-Air home in Los Angeles on Feb. 6, 2000, Reagan's 89th birthday. Reagan died four years later of pneumonia, a common Alzheimer's disease complication. (Associated Press)

    Alzheimer’s: Reagan’s long goodbye

    By Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

    While other famous people had succumbed to the irreversible, progressive neurological disease — including such figures as actress Rita Hayworth, writer E.B. White and British Prime Minister Harold Wilson — the Reagans’ admission took the prominence and public awareness of Alzheimer’s to a new level. Published February 3, 2011 Comments

  • How Hollywood shaped Gipper

    By Christian Toto - The Washington Times

    The president’s days as an in-demand actor weren’t merely a table read for the biggest role of his life. His Hollywood tenure helped shape his character, refine his communication skills and hone negotiating tactics that would serve him — and the country — well during his two-term presidency. Published February 3, 2011 Comments

  • John Heubusch, executive director of the Ronald Reagan Foundation, shows off a new bronze statue of President Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan. (Garrett Cheen/Special to The Washington Times)

    Reagan library update grabs attention and holds it

    By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

    There’s nothing quite like the thought of visiting a presidential library to make the average American stifle a yawn and reach for the remote. As it turns out, the people behind the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum understand this. That’s why they never stop loading the library with goodies. Published February 3, 2011 Comments

  • On the presidential campaign trail in Anderson, S.C., on Feb. 6, 1980, Ronald Reagan marks his 69th birthday, pulling up a chunk of the cake along with the candle, as wife Nancy looks on. Festivities will mark his birth centennial this week. (Associated Press)

    Reagan’s 100th wins a gala for the Gipper

    By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

    The Great Communicator would have been 100 years old on Feb. 6, and those at the Ronald Reagan Foundation and Library here plan to do a bit more than fire up another candle. Published January 30, 2011 Comments

  • Illustration: Ronald Reagan

    FEULNER: Revealing Reagan’s true legacy

    By Ed Feulner - The Washington Times

    It’s been more than six years since our nation bid farewell to Ronald Reagan, born 100 years ago this month. Yet it seems at times as though he never left. Published January 31, 2011 Comments

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  • Debate one-sided as Senators all praise Reagan

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    Sen. Joe Lieberman still remembers the trepidation he felt in January 1989 when he was to deliver the Democrats' radio response — the one to follow then-President Reagan's final weekly radio address before leaving office. Published February 3, 2011

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