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Reaganism's Dark And Lasting Shadow: How Right-Wing '80s Pop Culture Lives on in Today's Politics

Danny Goldberg, Down With Tyranny!. March 16, 2011.

David Sirota's brilliant new book posits that we're living in an echo of the 1980s... and he's terrifyingly correct.

How Ronald Reagan Brought Us the 'Islamic Bomb' -- and Hid it From Congress

Paul Abrams, AlterNet. February 15, 2011.

Both Congress and the public would have erupted, had they known that the price for sticking it to the Soviet Union was for fundamentalist Pakistan to become a nuclear power.

How Close Did Lesley Stahl Come to Reporting Reagan Had Alzheimer's While in Office? Very Close

David Corn, MotherJones.com. January 26, 2011.

The Gipper was slipping while he was occupying the most powerful position in the world, and the public was kept in the dark.

Reagan Turning 100: Fawning Media Ignore His Disastrous 'War on Drugs'

Tony Newman, AlterNet. January 24, 2011.

Ronald Reagan's harsh drug policies not only exploded the prison population, he also blocked programs that could have prevented hundreds of thousands of AIDS deaths.

It's Wasn't Only Cheney Who Had Assassination Programs: Clinton Did It, and Obama Does It, Too

Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports. July 16, 2009.

While the current focus is on Dick Cheney's role concealing these nefarious missions, the U.S. has long had a bipartisan assassination policy.

Steele Invokes Reagan to Argue that the GOP Should Never Look 'Backward'

Matt Corley, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. May 19, 2009.

Earlier this month, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said that the party needed to get over Reagan "nostalgia."

Reagan's DOJ Prosecuted Texas Sheriff for Waterboarding Prisoners

Jason Leopold, TruthOut.org. April 27, 2009.

Ignoring the 1983 case is just one of the flagrant violations committed by Bush lawyers who crafted the newly released "torture memos."

"This is the Defeat of Ronald Reagan": Leftist Candidate Wins in El Salvador

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. March 16, 2009.

Journalist Roberto Lovato on the historic win of FMLN candidate Mauricio Funes, whose victory ends two decades of conservative rule.

The GOP and Technology = Water and Oil

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. January 6, 2009.

It's just awkward (and funny) to listen to Republican leaders talk about how hip they are to the tools the kids are using on the tubes.

Are You Better Off?

Dean Baker, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. October 15, 2008.

Reagan vs. Carter, and Obama vs. McCain

Chomsky: "If the U.S. Carries Out Terrorism, It Did Not Happen"

Subrata Ghoshroy, AlterNet. October 4, 2008.

In an exclusive interview, Noam Chomksy weighs in on the financial collapse, the election and the power of U.S. propaganda.

Right Is Wrong -- How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America

Arianna Huffington, Knopf Publishing. May 22, 2008.

The GOP is now a dark, putrefied party of Bush, Cheney, Rove, Limbaugh and Coulter. And we're all the worse because of it.

Columnists War Breaks out at 'NYT'

Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher. November 14, 2007.

New York Times columnists Bob Herbert, Paul Krugman and David Brooks battle it out over Reagan and racism.