Category: Ronald Reagan

Chinese Police Overseas NY Outpost Can Be Tool for Sabotage in US: Expert

A report emerged in September that said Chinese authorities have opened 110 police service centers outside of mainland China—including one in New York City—that repatriate Chinese people using coercion, according to a security policy expert, but which also may be used for sabotage or espionage. Frank Gaffney, the executive chairman at the Washington-based Center for…


William Brooks: On the Passing of Elizabeth II: Can the Anglo-American Legacy be Restored?

Commentary North Americans of my generation inherited a world of relative peace and opportunity. We received our good fortune through the toil, courage, and sacrifice of ancestors, grandparents, and parents who worked and served through centuries of pioneer settlement, World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II. Despite a lingering Cold War with…


Hinckley Says He’s Sorry for Shooting That Wounded Reagan

WASHINGTON—The man who wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981 apologized for his actions Tuesday and said he doesn’t remember what he was feeling when he fired the shots that also wounded three others. John Hinckley Jr. told CBS Mornings in his first televised interview since he was freed from all court oversight this month that…


A Photographer Captures America’s Posh and Affluent Through His Exclusive Lens

He is the great-grandson of a famed Alabama governor. He grew up in the rich districts of Washington, D.C., before becoming a quintessential snowbird: part-time New Englander and part-time Floridian. Nick Mele knows he grew up privileged, with the ocean-opulent milieu of Newport, Rhode Island, serving as his childhood playground in the summer and the…


Attempted Presidential Assassin Fully Released After 41 Years in Custody

John Hinckley Jr., who tried to shoot and killed former President Ronald Reagan 41 years ago, was fully released from court oversight on Wednesday. “After 41 years 2 months and 15 days, FREEDOM AT LAST!!!,” the would-be presidential assassin wrote on Twitter at around 12 p.m. It was long expected that Hinckley would be released….


Attempted Ronald Reagan Assassin John Hinckley Gets Unconditional Release

John Hinckley, who attempted to assassinate former President Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, will get unconditional release, a judge ruled Wednesday. The 67-year-old will be released on June 15, said U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in the Wednesday order. Previously, the judge said Hinckley would be released as long as he remained on good behavior. “John…


John Robson: The Vacuousness of the ‘Pragmatic Conservative’ Position

Commentary With a vote looming, and widespread disgust at polarization and ideology, perhaps we can all get behind the major political figure who said, “I am unique in that I’m neither left nor right, but I’m also not a mushy moderate. I’ve always stood for something.” Provided we can figure out what that thing was….


An American Majority, Not a Republican Majority: Part 3—The Contract With America

Commentary The Contract with America became famous because it was the centerpiece of the House Republican campaign, which won a majority for the first time in 40 years. As I mentioned in part two of this series, the Contract campaign stood on President Ronald Reagan’s shoulders. The Contract’s Capitol Steps rally of candidates was modeled…


Ronald Reagan’s Warning on Freedom Is Relevant Around the Anglosphere

Commentary Ronald Reagan, one of the greatest American presidents, presciently warned about the situation in which both the U.S., Australia and much of the Anglosphere find themselves today. “Freedom,” he said, “is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. “It must be fought for,…


Ronald Reagan Shooter John Hinckley to Receive Unconditional Release

The man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 will be released unconditionally, a federal judge ruled Monday. John Hinckley Jr., 66, opened fire on Reagan in Washington outside the Hilton Hotel, wounding the president, his press secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent, and a police officer. No one was killed, but Brady was…