Articles by Lee Edwards

When Reagan Almost Won: The 1976 GOP Convention

Lee Edwards | April 15, 2016

The magic number needed to capture the Republican presidential nomination in 1976 was 1,130 delegates, and Ronald Reagan was oh so close as the national… Read More

InternationalCommentary

6 Questions Obama Should Have Asked Castro

Lee Edwards | March 23, 2016

President Barack Obama is to be commended for raising the issues of civil liberties and free elections with Raúl Castro on his Cuban trip, saying,… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

Nancy Reagan Was a First Lady for the Ages

Lee Edwards | March 07, 2016

Not since John and Abigail Adams in the early years of the Republic was there a first couple like Ronald and Nancy Reagan, so perfectly… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

What This Washington Post Columnist Got Wrong in Analysis of Conservatives

Lee Edwards | February 24, 2016

Beware of friendly progressives like E. J. Dionne, Jr., who come bearing beguiling gifts like how conservatism can get back on the right track. In… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

5 Ways To Improve Our Primary Debates

Lee Edwards | February 12, 2016

The fundamental problem with the 2016 primary “debates” among presidential candidates (especially Republicans) is that they are not debates—they are news conferences sanctioned by the Republican… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

What We Can Learn From Reagan About Celebrating Christmas

Lee Edwards | December 22, 2015

San Bernardino. Boston Marathon bombing. Charlie Hebdo terrorist attack. Paris Bataclan Theater massacres. Jihad, Islamic State. Caliphate. Syria, Iraq, Libya. Freddie Gray. Ferguson and Michael… Read More

SecurityCommentary

The Real “Star Wars”

Lee Edwards | December 17, 2015

Thirty-three years before there was “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” there was a real Stars Wars program that changed the course of history. Here’s the… Read More

SocietyCommentary

The Man and the Magazine That Launched a Movement

Lee Edwards | November 24, 2015

As 1954 ended, the future of the “American Right” looked bleak. Sen. Robert Taft, “Mr. Republican,” was dead of cancer; Joe McCarthy had been censured… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Meet the Cold War Hero We Should Never Forget

Lee Edwards | November 10, 2015

As we celebrate Veterans Day honoring those who served our country in time of conflict, let us not overlook those who fought in the longest… Read More

InternationalCommentary

Poland Is Key to a Safe Europe, and Putin Knows It

Lee Edwards | September 24, 2015

Good news in Eastern Europe is hard to come by these days with Russian President Vladimir Putin playing the bully in Ukraine and elsewhere, along… Read More

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