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...great man. That follows the tradition of his opponents who throughout his career consistently underestimated him, disdaining him as a good actor, a Being There simpleton who could read scripts written for him by others. In fact, Reagan frustrated his biographers because he was so complex--a free-market egalitarian, an intellectually serious nonintellectual, an ideologue with great tactical flexibility...
...Reagan never balanced the budget, he changed the conversation about government. He made nonmilitary federal spending seem like an indulgence. Because of his two electoral landslides, a badly humbled Democratic Party had to think, really think, about reinventing government, trying free-market approaches to problems like public housing and health care that they once saw chiefly as targets for tax dollars. Four years after Reagan left office, the enduring popularity of his ideas obliged Clinton to back away from his 1993 stimulus spending package in favor of a budget more agreeable to the bond markets. When Clinton's proposed health...
...great man. That follows the tradition of his opponents who throughout his career consistently underestimated him, disdaining him as a good actor, a Being There simpleton who could read scripts written for him by others. In fact, Reagan frustrated his biographers because he was so complex - a free-market egalitarian, an intellectually serious nonintellectual, an ideologue with great tactical flexibility...
...perhaps France, Denmark or some other country's referendum will guillotine the treaty first, making a British vote academic. But there is part of Blair that may relish this fight. He has long spoken of wanting to lead Britain to the "heart of Europe" - whose 10 new members, generally free-market and pro-American, should give Britain added clout. And a referendum triumph would be a high note on which to end almost a decade in office. It would stun many British Euro- skeptics to know that on the Continent, opponents of the constitution are likely to complain not that...
Bass Professor of Government Michael Sandel and Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker went head to head last night in a John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum discussion, debating the ethics of designer genes, free-market eugenics and hyper-parenting...