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British-born Thomas Paine helped inspire the 13 English colonies to declare independence and form the United States of ...

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The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute called him "a steadfast guardian of his father's legacy." ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Lou Cannon, a journalist who chronicled the life and political career of Ronald Reagan, died at 92. Cannon ...

Since that time, the locus of the fight has been moving left, with every Republican nominee for president since Reagan coming from the more centrist or neoconservative moderate wings. That, of course, ...

In his quirky and smart 1987 book Ronald Reagan the Movie: And Other Episodes in Political Demonology, political scientist Michael Rogin considered how Reagan the actor became Reagan the president.

Former Washington Post writer Lou Cannon addresses the crowd outside the Santa Barbara News (Credit: Stephen Osman/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) Lou Cannon, the journalist who interviewed Ronald ...