Kennedy and Reagan have assumed sainthood status for their polarized parties and claiming continuity between them strikes many as rank heresy
A new book – JFK and the Reagan Revolution – says John F. Kennedy was the true inspiration for Ronald Reagan’s economic policies. The two men, the authors claim, were committed to pursuing economic growth via a policy mix emphasizing reduced taxes and sound money management. And the tax reduction aspect set them apart from the American…
Apologists for the Soviet Union and Stalin in particular, according to Conquest, suffered a form of “mental aberration”
Robert Conquest, who died on August 3 at the age of 98, was an interesting guy. He was also a man ahead of his time, someone who was prepared to row against the current when necessary. With books like The Great Terror (1968) and Harvest of Sorrow (1986), he told the truth about Stalinism, and…
Trudeau's autobiography reads like it was written by committee; Mulcair's is not telling the whole story
Both Justin Trudeau and Tom Mulcair recently wrote political autobiographies. The Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, had the good sense to write about hockey, which many Canadians actually care about. When self-serving politicians write about themselves, the results are usually badly written and filled with clichés (as both these books are). Worse, they are boring. Reading…
A new book – JFK and the Reagan Revolution – says John F. Kennedy was the true inspiration for Ronald Reagan’s economic policies. The two men, the authors claim, were committed to pursuing economic growth via a policy mix emphasizing reduced taxes and sound money management. And the tax reduction aspect set them apart from the American…
