Ronald Dworkin

initiative and private efforts on behalf of the contras and he received regular, detailed briefings on both.” Reagan had earlier claimed that “...he was unable to recall virtually any specific details of the affair,” in reference to Iran-Contra. Source 4: Ronald Reagan: Address to the Nation on the Iran Arms and Contra Aid Controversy In this speech, Reagan becomes a bit contradictory, although he denies that he knew anything about the scandal. However, a few details stand out as important…

On October 7th, 2016, Netflix released an original documentary called 13TH, produced by Ava DuVernay. The documentary provides a historical account of the U.S criminal justice system following the end of the Civil War, and continuing to the present. The documentary could not have come out at a better time, as the country is currently in the midst of a national discussion of police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement. The excellence of 13TH is evident in its position as the opening film…

To many, Ronald Reagan was known as one of the finest public speakers in presidential history to date. As president, he brought a rise of intellectual negativity and soaring sense of possibilities among his people. His great sense of communication allowed him to communicate hard choices, bad news, and complicated ideas throughout his two terms as the 40th president of the United States. Although communication was not his strongest suite, rhetoric was. Rhetoric became a central part to Reagan’s…

During year one of the problem confronting the United States prisons is the overcrowding population in prison. Drugs problems, recidivism, and non- violent offenses are the main causes that the United States prisons has no spaces for future criminals. The privatization of prisons in the United States has shown challenges regarding administration, political and economic According to the book “Prison Privatization”, the government in the United States has been experiencing problems with specific…

Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Regan all had a vision as to how fix situations when it came to the different issues the US faced while each one was in office.American citizens all had their opinion on each one of them. With Jimmy Carter despite the lack of experience when he had to face huge problems of steadiness while at the same time trying to be encouraging. Ronald Regan many felt as if he did care for the people. With Gerald Ford when he came into office the US was already in a…

According to Bill O’Reilly’s and Martin Dugard’s novel Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency, “Scores of police officers are called into line the route but cannot prevent the strikers from pelting the vehicles with rocks and bricks. Everyone on board is instructed to lie down on the floor to avoid being hit in the head by broken glass and projectiles.” The two authors later go to point out Reagan’s complete and utter hatred for the pro-communist protest by stating that…

The Big Idea: Reagan is considered today as the greatest president of all time. Pop culture consistently calls Reagan as the most influential president of all time. But why? Was it his charisma? His system of Reaganomics? His assassination? His quick response to international relations? His memorable phrases? Or was the media that bloated him up? An Era before Reagan: The era of F.D.R, JFK, Harry Truman, and LBJ has ended. In this drastic era of America, forgotten presidents Gerald Ford and…

The Cold War can be considered one of the harshest times in American history; tensions between the people were high and everyone was out to get the soviets. In Margaret Thatcher’s eulogy honoring Ronald Reagan she describes how Reagan’s great leadership unites the nation and gets everyone out of the Cold War. Thatcher employs juxtaposition between those who doubted Reagan and his actual actions and a negative connotation on the soviets as rhetorical techniques to convey the strong alliance and…

Although Ronald Reagan was a tremendous president he was also a abundant actor. He was in movies and television shows he starred in some and co-starred in others. People today know Ronald Reagan because of his presidency, he was also an actor as well, people today don’t know of him as a wonderful movie star that he was, they know him as the fortieth president. After Reagan graduated he started a job at the WOC in Davenport, Iowa as a radio sportscaster. Then he found himself working for the NBC…

In this autobiography Ronald Reagan, the former president, describes his life from his early years until the ending of his second presidential term. This book explores Ronald Reagan’s personal and private life, and takes us from Dixon, Illinois to the White House. Throughout the book he shares important events from his childhood and adulthood and how his political views became what they were. Over the course of the book, Ronald Reagan shows off his famous wit, sense of humor, one liners,…