President Reagan never understood mental illness. Like Richard Nixon, he was a product of the Southern California culture that associated psychiatry with Communism. Two months after taking office, Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, a young man with untreated schizophrenia. Two years later, Reagan cal...
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Recently, an East German professor, his wife, and two daughters climbed into a 7-foot rowboat and crossed the freezing, wind-whipped Baltic to escape from tyranny. Arriving in West Germany after a harrowing 7-hour, 31-mile journey past East German border patrols, the man said he and his ...
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004, age 93) served as the 40th President of the United States of America from 1981 to 1989. He was the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975), following a successful career in film and television. He was one of the greatest Americ...
Scott Hinckley was the vice president of his father’s Vanderbilt Energy Corporation in Denver, and he had been invited to Neil Bush’s home as a date for a girlfriend of Sharon Bush, Neil’s wife. The dinner was canceled when news of the attempted assassination reached Denver. In news ...
films. He also married actress Jane Wyman and had two children with her. But after several years, the relationship ended. Their marriage ended indivorce. Four years later, Reagan married another actress. Her name was Anne Robbins, but she was called Nancy Davis. They also had two children....
Representative Helen Gahagan Douglas (D-CA), the wife of "Dutch" Reagan's friend Melvyn Douglas, ran as a Democrat for the U.S. Senate and was opposed by the Republican nominee, the Red-bating Congressman from Whittier, Richard Nixon. While Nixon did not go so far as to accuse Gahagan...
and openly discussed such things as the assassination attempt on her husband’s life, as well as the effects that Alzheimer's has had on the former President’s health. Reagan’s children (sons Michael and Ron, as well as daughter Patti) also make appearances in the feature and offer up ...
During his acting career, Reagan made more than 50 films. He also married actress Jane Wyman and had two children with her. But after several years, the relationship ended. Their marriage ended in divorce. Four years later, Reagan married another actress. Her name was Anne Robbins, but she...
To paraphrase Ronald Reagan’sclosing argumentagainst Jimmy Carter in 1980: Can anyone look at America today and say Donald Trump has made us feel better about ourselves? Can anyone say Trump is a president we want our children to emulate? Can anyone sincerely vouch for the character of a no...