Reagan, Like Washington and Lincoln, Showed Us the Way to Lead
Happy 113th Birthday to President Ronald Reagan. Due to the addition of various holidays, we no longer recognize February 12 (Lincoln) or February 22 (Washington), but merely recognize the institution on Presidents' Day. This is a shame since we wind up lumping together true titans (Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, Reagan), whose accomplishments unquestionably improved our nation, with utter disasters (Buchanan, Johnson, Harding, and....fill in the blanks). Our country has never been perfect, but we aim to be a more perfect union. When citizens lose their history to demagoguery, false narratives, or revisionist propaganda, the shared values that represent the fabric of our nation unravel in a sea of moral relativism. Today, reflect on the underlying decency and patriotism of President Reagan, who inherited from Jimmy Carter an unprecedented economic morass (stagflation with persistent double digit annual inflation); a 35-year Cold War with the USSR that had subli...