As Ronald Reagan's Mind Slips Away, His Intellectual Reputation is Revived

[calbert at tiac.net]

Since Clinton vaporized the "Reagan Economic Miracle" by posting 
higher marks in EVERY meaningful economic performance 
parameter, the effort to establish a "special place" in the US 
presidential pantheon for that light bulb salesman has grown 
increasingly frantic.
Here is hoping that Kiron blows an elbow inflating that cipher's 
"intellectual legacy".....but, hey, it beats the effort to have Bonzo's 
side kick carved into Mt. Rushmore....

love,
cfa

> http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20001231mag-reagan.html
> 
> "Most of the documents were found by the scholar Kiron K. Skinner
> among the Reagan papers. They are raw drafts, with Reagan's
> self-editing apparent, and reveal a writer adept at marshaling a
> philosophical argument in a listener-friendly, conversational style.
> In today's age of composition on computers and writing by government
> committee, we are struck by the workings of one man's mind expressed
> through a pen in his hand. "
> 
> P.S. If you need Pynchon relevance, think Vineland.
> 
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