Articles by Lee Edwards

Anecdotes in New Reagan Book Showcase His Unique Character

Lee Edwards | February 21, 2015

As someone who has studied and written about Ronald Reagan for more than four decades, I thought I knew the 40th president pretty well. But… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Harry Jaffa and the Most Controversial Speech in Political Convention History

Lee Edwards | February 06, 2015

In academe, the late Harry Jaffa of Claremont McKenna College was most famous for his groundbreaking scholarship on the Declaration of Independence and Abraham Lincoln,… Read More

SocietyCommentary

50 Years After His Death, Churchill’s Words Continue to Inspire

Lee Edwards | January 24, 2015

A critical difference between a politician and a statesman is the ability to use the power of words not to further his own ends but… Read More

SocietyCommentary

How to Live a Good, Happy Life (and Not Be Tranquilized by Drugs, Sex and Mass Media)

Lee Edwards | January 11, 2015

These are troubling times for many Americans. The economic recovery since the Great Recession of 2008 has been the slowest in U.S. history, with millions… Read More

SocietyCommentary

The Pastor Who Brought Down a Dictator

Lee Edwards | December 25, 2014

You’ve probably heard of Vaclav Havel of Czechoslovakia and Lech Walesa of Poland, both Nobel Laureates and heroes of the Cold War who precipitated the… Read More

InternationalCommentary

Why We Isolated Cuba for 53 Years

Lee Edwards | December 18, 2014

Contrary to what President Obama has asserted, U.S. sanctions have worked. Communist Cuba is so economically weak it cannot export Marxism-Leninism as in the past,… Read More

SecurityCommentary

4 Lasting Lessons of the Cold War

Lee Edwards | November 06, 2014

Today’s world would be a far different place if the United States had not waged and won—at the cost of thousands of lives and many… Read More

SocietyCommentary

How a Conservative Congress Could Make a Huge Difference in Next Two Years

Lee Edwards | November 04, 2014

If Republicans should capture the Senate and retain their majority in the House of Representatives, can they move America toward greater freedom, opportunity and prosperity… Read More

SocietyCommentary

We Need Another Great Communicator Like Reagan

Lee Edwards | November 01, 2014

Fifty years ago to the day, a political star was born in America. His name was Ronald Reagan, and he seized the national imagination with… Read More

InternationalCommentary

Will Hong Kong Be the Scene of Next Tiananmen Square?

Lee Edwards | October 03, 2014

I first visited Hong Kong in 1969 when I interviewed young Chinese “freedom swimmers” who had traversed the treacherous Hong Kong Bay—infested by sharks and… Read More

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