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Ronald Reagan walking along the White House colonnade and waving goodbye on his last day in office, January 20, 1989. Alamy/Wonderstock.
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July 18, 2022

What the Right Still Has To Learn From Ronald Reagan

By Rabbi Meir Soloveichik

A new history of the American right seeks from the first page to alert the reader to what it is not about: the 40th president. But in the end conservatives can't escape Reagan—nor should they.

“Doc, I’m from the future. I came here from a time machine that you invented. Now I need your help to get back to the year 1985.”

“Then tell me, Future Boy. Who’s president of the United States in 1985?”

“Ronald Reagan.”

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