The Gainesville Sun reported that Distinguished Fellow Warren Bennis was named one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders by the Trust Across America project…….Continue Reading Bennis in Gainsville Sun – Top 100 Thought Leaders
Month: February 2011
The Last Reagan Campaign: Legacy
SIMI VALLEY, Calif.–When President Reagan left office in 1981, his legacy did not seem Mount Rushmore quality. He left office with a good approval rating, more than 50 percent. People always liked him. But there was limited enthusiasm for his record in office. Many of his own ideological soul mates were disappointed with the Gipper, thinking he was a tired old man. They thought he was being manipulated by younger aides in such capers as the Iran-Contra scandal and losing the Cold War to a new, younger Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev. Howard Phillips, the founder and chairman of Conservative Caucus,……Continue Reading The Last Reagan Campaign: Legacy
Reagan's presidential legacy examined by Tom Brokaw, panel at Centennial Symposium
More than two decades after he exited the political stage and rode off into the California sunset, President Ronald Reagan continues to spark passionate debate about his policy achievements, foreign policy, and political legacy. "Ronald Reagan was a great president, and he will be remembered in history for one thing, winning the Cold War," exclaimed Reagan biographer Lou Cannon to a standing room only crowd of more than 500 students, scholars and Reagan admirers, who came to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California on February 2 for a discussion led by legendary journalist and author Tom Brokaw…….Continue Reading Reagan's presidential legacy examined by Tom Brokaw, panel at Centennial Symposium