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Every year in February, in observance of Valentine's Day as well as the birthday of Ronald Reagan, I display in my home a framed memento of the great former president. The small white presidential campaign placard, inscribed with the words "Women for Reagan" on a large red heart, bears a treasured autograph of Reagan himself. Feminists will never credit him for this, but President Reagan motivated an entire generation of women to enter public life. Most Women for Reagan became involved in the political process not in spite of his conservative views, but because of them, and went on to...

California candidates should face the big issuePhyllis Schlafly (archive) September 8, 2003 The California recall will probably dominate national news until the Oct. 7 election, but the dog that hasn't barked yet is how the candidates are going to deal with the big problem they are pretending not to notice. That is the cost imposed by illegal aliens on the state budget, hospitals, schools and prisons.The massive numbers are changing the demographics and the economy in profound ways. Over the last decade, 1 million people have illegally entered California from Mexico, while 2 million Americans have fled California to nearby...