All Posts Tagged With: "Ronald Reagan"
Doc of the Day: Ronald Reagan's "Evil Empire" Speech
When President Ronald Reagan spoke to the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) in Orlando, Florida, on March 8, 1983, he used the term evil empire to describe the Soviet Union. Millions of Americans heard or read the phrase and remembered it for years; it was powerful language that in Reagan’s view explained why the United [...]
9Mar2009 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Barry Alfonso on the evolution of political oratory
With the inaugural address of the next president about to be delivered, I can’t help but reflect upon political oratory in general and the old fashioned kind in particular. I don’t mean the sort of folksy speeches Ronald Reagan used to give or even the reassuring talks Franklin D. Roosevelt soothed Depression-era America with. I [...]
29Dec2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
In the News: Presidential debates
Last night in New York, Barack Obama and John McCain participated in the third and final presidential debate of this 2008 election. The focus was on domestic issues, including the economy. The debate transcript can be seen here, at the Web site of the Commission on Presidential Debates, the organization that conducts the debates. For [...]
16Oct2008 | mdblogger | 7 comments | Continued
In the News: Obama, JFK, and Reagan in Berlin
Today’s speech by Senator Barack Obama in Berlin, Germany, has garnered massive media attention, in part because it recalls iconic speeches by John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. (Both Kennedy and Reagan, it should be noted, were sitting presidents when they delivered their addresses.) According to the German News Agency DPA, approximately 200,000 people attended [...]
24Jul2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued