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Category Archives: George W. Bush
Another Phyllis Schlafly Recollection
After I wrote and published my blog post about the late Phyllis Schlafly a few days ago, I recalled two other interactions that I had about her. These interactions converged around a particular issue: the U.S. Patriot Act. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Deaths, George W. Bush, Political Philosophy, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged ACLU, civil liberties, Move-on.org, Patriot Act, Phyllis Schlafly
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Book Write-Up: Keynes Hayek, by Nicholas Wapshott
Nicholas Wapshott. Keynes Hayek: The Clash That Defined Modern Economics. New York and London: W.W. Norton and Company, 2011. See here to buy the book. John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek were economists who profoundly impacted the twentieth century, and … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, George W. Bush, Political Philosophy, Politics, Ronald Reagan
Tagged Ayn Rand, conservatism, deficit spending, economics, Franklin Roosevelt, Friedrich Hayek, George W. Bush, John F. Kennedy, John Maynard Keynes, Keynes Hayek, Keynesianism, libertarianism, Margaret Thatcher, Milton Friedman, Nicholas Wapshott, Road to Serfdom, ronald reagan, Tax Cuts
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Book Write-Up: Richard John Neuhaus, by Randy Boyagoda
Randy Boyagoda. Richard John Neuhaus: A Life in the Public Square. New York: Image (an imprint of Crown, a division of Random House), 2015. See here to purchase the book. Richard John Neuhaus (1936-2009) was a Catholic priest and a … Continue reading
Posted in George W. Bush, History, Political Philosophy, Politics, Religion
Tagged Conservative, First Things, liberal, Randy Boyagoda, Richard John Neuhaus, Vietnam War
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Nixonland 5: A Godly Leader?
On page 173 of Nixonland, Rick Perlstein states the following about Republican politician George Romney, who was the father of Mitt Romney, the Republican who lost the 2012 Presidential election: “[George] Romney, a Republican who kept on getting elected in … Continue reading
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The Final Days 4
In this post, I’ll share a couple of passages from The Final Days, by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, as well as a passage in Richard Reeves’ President Nixon: Alone in the White House. The topic is Richard Nixon’s introversion … Continue reading
Posted in Books, George W. Bush, Life, Ronald Reagan, School, Social Skills
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President Nixon: Alone in the White House 18
On page 572 of President Nixon: Alone in the White House, Richard Reeves says the following: “What America did not seem to want was the aid Nixon had pledged to Vietnam, both South and North, in the peace agreement…[E]ven J. … Continue reading
Posted in George W. Bush, Health Care, Political Philosophy, Politics, Television, West Wing
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President Nixon: Alone in the White House 9
On page 287 of President Nixon: Alone in the White House, Richard Reeves states: “If that deficit spending would entice more private spending, by both corporations and consumers, then the Republican president was now ready to buy into the pump-priming … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, George W. Bush, Politics, Religion, Richard Cheney, Television, West Wing
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Reinventing Richard Nixon 5
On page 126 of Reinventing Richard Nixon: A Cultural History of an American Obsession, Daniel Frick states: “In the first months of 1991, when the United States led a UN coalition of forces to free Kuwait from an invading Iraqi … Continue reading
Posted in George W. Bush, Highway to Heaven, History, Life, Television
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Conrad Black’s Richard M. Nixon: A Life in Full 3
For my blog post today about Conrad Black’s Richard M. Nixon: A Life in Full, I will use as my starting-point something that Black says on page 126. The subject is President Harry Truman’s run for re-election in 1948. “Truman … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, George W. Bush, Political Philosophy, Politics
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Nixon in Winter 7
My latest reading of Monica Crowley’s Nixon in Winter was about Nixon’s discussions regarding the Gulf War in the 1990’s. I have two items. 1. Why did Iraq invade Kuwait? I appreciated Monica’s background information on page 218: “The foundation … Continue reading
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James' Ramblings 