AndrewSullivan pens a nice piece on our 40th President for the Sunday Times. Mr S. has been bugging me lately with swipes at President Bush. But this piece is a great reminder of his superb writing and his great perspective.
Reagan was a highly articulate, well-read and subtle man. The range of his interests, the extent of his knowledge and understanding of world events and history, his grasp of detail are all completely counter to the image we have long held.Posted by jk at October 2, 2003 12:58 PM
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But the tenor of a man is something letters do reliably reveal: and there's an old-world civility to Reagan that has been lost in contemporary American politics, a dignity and empathy with middle America that is as rare as it is touching. His diligence in hand-writing long letters to obscure pen-pals, even while holding down the most stressful and busy job on the planet, leaves me slack-jawed.