Tag Archives: Ronald Reagan

The post below this one reminds me of one of the very first I wrote for JMG. Originally posted here on June 8th, 2004. Yesterday I watched Ronald Reagan’s body being ceremoniously placed for viewing in the Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. The honor guard, comprised of all military services, moved with stiff dignity while placing Reagan’s flag-draped coffin …

Today Alex Pareene notes at Salon that Ronald Reagan was far more concerned about the potential of aliens attacking from outer space than he was about the AIDS pandemic, which he completely ignored. Reagan frequently spoke on the threat from little green men, an issue he brought up at the United Nations and one that he even discussed with Russian …

“These people blamed AIDS on Reagan. Sound familiar? They blamed homelessness on Reagan — you know why they blamed AIDS on Reagan? Because he didn’t care. Because he never delivered a speech about it. And because of that, AIDS was spread. They actually wanted us to believe that Reagan had the disease, was sneaking into gay people’s houses at night, …

In his coming book, Ron Reagan Jr. says that his father was showing the early signs of Alzheimer’s while still in office. Reagan Jr. says that he won’t discuss the book until its release, but U.S. News & World Report today published several excerpts discussing the former president’s state of mind while in office, closing with this paragraph from the …

GOProud’s BFF Ann Coulter, who will headline their Homocon 2010 event here in NYC on Saturday, has published a column lionizing Ronald Reagan because of his staunch opposition to gay rights. The social issues were the difference. Reagan agreed with Goldwater on fiscal and national defense issues, but by 1980, social issues loomed large and Reagan came down mightily on …

“This is Reagan country, and perhaps it was destiny that the man who went to California’s Eureka College would become so woven within and interlinked to the Golden State.” – Sarah Palin, speaking to a graduating class at California State University. Slight problem. Reagan did attend Eureka College. In Illinois. There is no Eureka College in California.

Barack Obama is planning a visit to Germany and Chancellor Angela Merkel isn’t sure it’s a good idea to let him stage a planned appearance in front of Berlin’s historic Brandenburg Gate, the place where Ronald Reagan famously demanded: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” German Chancellor Angela Merkel has signaled unease over the prospect of a possible speech by …

Spurred by Michelangelo Signorile’s withering appraisal of Merv Griffin’s legacy as a closeted gay man, the Hollywood Reporter yesterday published a column posthumously outing Griffin, something the mainstream media had failed to do definitively, despite some making references to Griffin’s sexual harassment and gay palimony lawsuits. After reading Signorile’s post and stewing over it a couple a days, I appeared …