As Thrilling As It Was, Speechwriting Is

[in Politics,] When There Is No Reason To Speak, There Is A Reason Not To Speak.

Reagan Survived The Iran-contra Scandal Because The Elements Of It That Were Illegal (aiding Anti-communist Nicaraguans) Were Popular And The Things That Were Unpopular (arming The Iranians) Were Quite Legal.

People Who Want To Wage Cultural Wars Ought To Keep In Mind That Cultural Views Often Don't Move At All For A Very Long Time, But When They Move They Can Move Very Fast.

The Soviet Union Was Brought Down By A Strange Global Coalition Of Western European Conservatives, Eastern European Nationalists, Russian Liberals, Chinese Communists, And Afghan Islamic Reactionaries, To Name Only A Few. Many Of These Discordant Groups Disliked The United States Intensely. But Americans Were Able To Mobilize Them To Direct Their Ire At The Soviet Union First.

Republicans Have Been Fleeced And Exploited And Lied To By A Conservative Entertainment Complex.