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After forming a close alliance with Pope John Paul II, Ronald Reagan was prepared to go to war with Russia to stop a planned invasion of Poland, one of Reagan's top advisers tells NewsMax Magazine. Judge William P. Clark, President Reagan's National Security Adviser (1982-1983), revealed just how close the world came to the brink of war and possible Armageddon in the early 1980s. Clark made his revelations in NewsMax Magazine's latest edition "The Pope's Final Battle in These End Times." After Archbishop Karol Wojtyla's rise to the papacy in 1978, he soon ignited a prairie fire for freedom in...

April 04, 2005, Freedom's Men The Cold War team of Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan. By Mark Riebling Though Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan will be remembered as the pope and the president who defeated Communism, the exact nature of their relationship has remained elusive. Some journalists have posited a "holy alliance" between the two, with the CIA briefing the pope each Friday. Others, like George Weigel writing in National Review, have argued that "there was neither alliance nor conspiracy [but] a common purpose born of a set of shared convictions." Which view is more correct?...

Lebanese Defy Protest Ban as Debate on Hariri Rages Mon Feb 28, 2005 08:31 AM ET By Lucy Fielder BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Syrian-backed government came under fire in parliament Monday over the assassination of ex-premier Rafik al-Hariri, while streets away thousands defied a protest ban to demand it stand down. The debate, which looked certain to roll on to Tuesday, was expected to close with a no-confidence vote. But the government has a sound majority and was expected to win. Banks, schools and businesses closed in a general strike the opposition called to coincide with the debate on Hariri's...

Ronald Reagan's Legacy - Top Ten points for Parents, Families and Schools By Kevin Fobbs August 12, 2004 In less than a month young school children all across America will be returning to their classrooms and the shadows of their summer vacation will slowly evaporate into distant memories. In this summer we lost a great president, in Ronald Reagan and it is important for both school students, parents and teachers to not only remember the legacy of this man, but more importantly, with the coming school year, to tell and teach the truth of the impact he had on this...

Meat Increases the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease “Extensive evidence points to the rich Western diet as the fundamental cause of Alzheimer’s disease: … Worldwide, the incidence of AD [Alzheimer’s disease] is more common among people who follow meat- and dairy-centered diets, than among those people who eat a more plant-based diet.” —Dr. John McDougall, McDougall Wellness Center Indeed, a flood of research shows that the toxins in meat, including chicken and fish, increase your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, while the antioxidants in vegetables help prevent this deadly disease. Click here to learn more. In the wake of former President...

"If Walter Cronkite was around today," USA Today founder Al Neuharth proclaimed in a speech in South Dakota last week, "I think John Kerry would be President" because of "the trust the people in Middle America had in Cronkite, when he returned from Vietnam opposed to the war, public opposition soon followed." As recounted by the Daily Republic in Mitchell, South Dakota, in addition to boasting of the influence of Cronkite's bias, Neuharth "said he thought if McGovern had won the presidency in 1972, U.S. troops would have pulled out from Vietnam a lot sooner with a lot fewer casualties,...

The Soviet Union might still exist and Saddam Hussein might control the Persian Gulf and possess nuclear weapons had Democrat John Kerry been president when the United States faced those regimes, Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday. "I think it's a good thing that he wasn't in charge," Cheney said. Kerry asserted Friday that had he been president during the war in Afghanistan, terrorist leader Osama bin Laden would be in captivity or dead. The Democratic nominee has long criticized President Bush for abandoning the pursuit of the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks so that U.S....

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The military plans to place a sixth ballistic missile interceptor inside a silo at Fort Greely by the end of the month, as initial tests of a national defense system critics contend is highly flawed near their conclusion. To prepare for activation, the military is conducting exercises at the Interior Alaska post, where five of the 55-foot-long rockets have been installed since July, as an essential component of the Bush administration's national security policy. The first two interceptors destined for Vandenberg Air Force Base in California will go into existing silos in November, with two more scheduled...

Much of the feedback that I have had concerning this series has been focused on the idea that the Republican Party has not drifted away from its foundation, but rather has abandoned its core principles effectively becoming a big government socialistic party like the Democrats with the major distinction between the two being only how big and how quick. Against that back drop, most of the people who support a movement to restore the Constitutional limits on government have suggested to me that they believe the only way to overcome existing Republican opposition to such a move would be by...

The southern Polish city of Krakow decided Wednesday to name a square after former President Ronald Reagan in recognition of his role in ending communist rule. Krakow councilors voted 19-17 to give the name "Ronald Reagan Square" to the main square in Nowa Huta, a communist-era development built around a major steel plant. Currently called Central Square, it was the scene of numerous protests by workers in communist times. Reagan, who died at age 93 on June 5, is fondly remembered in Poland for his support of the anti-communist Solidarity movement during the period of martial law, imposed by Poland's...

For an explanation of President Bush's enduring popularity, consider the horrible images from North Ossetia. Faced with men who can do such things, voters naturally prefer the President's religious certainties to his critics' sophistry. This is worth pointing out because, for many Britons, Mr Bush's standing must be utterly bewildering. If your chief source of news were the BBC, it would be incomprehensible that such a dolt could command majority support. Should he somehow win in November, the corporation will have a great deal of explaining to do. One thinks of the recent Iraq war, where BBC presenters kept telling...

NEW YORK -- The spirit of our late President Ronald Wilson Reagan was evident among the Republicans gathered in this city for the Republican National Convention. Ronald Reagan's influence lives on amongst the younger GOPers who are here seeking help for their own campaigns to carry the Reagan Revolution well into the 21st Century. Duane Sand, now running for Congress from North Dakota, rose from dirt poverty to become a successful businessman in real estate and running a restaurant. "When Ronald Reagan ran, I was 12 years old," he told Newsmax.com. "I was struck by how he gave me a...

"It is my intention to curb the size and influence of the Federal establishment and to demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the Federal Government and those reserved to the States or to the people." Radical at the time, these words by President Reagan set the tone for his administration. Leadership requires transformation. Ronald Reagan's presidency meets that definition as his presidency represents the most abrupt shift in American philosophy in the 20th century since FDR. Most Americans recognize the significance of Ronald Reagan's transformational leadership particularly on issues involving international and economic affairs. But greater...

Local immigrant family remembers former President Ronald Reagan for legislation By: Steven Lopez 06/30/2004 This week one local Hispanic family is remembering former President Ronald Reagan for actions he took to pass the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA). Advertisement The Lopez family of Channelview believes it was one of many hallmarks of the Reagan administration. Along with his contribution to end communism, they believe he gave many immigrants a chance to live the "American Dream." After coming to the states from a war-torn El Salvador, Luis and Morena Lopez began their life like any other immigrant in...

<p>Recently, I came to America to join the world in saying goodbye to former President Reagan. His spirit and vision will live forever in the hearts of the freedom-loving peoples he inspired. As the leader who dared to dream that the wall of tyranny dividing Europe could be torn down, he made freedom's victory in the Cold War possible. Romanians have a full understanding of the values that Mr. Reagan espoused. In 1989, as the Berlin Wall was dismantled, the Romanian people threw off the yoke of a corrupt, totalitarian regime.</p>

Critics of President Reagan’s budget deficits should answer one simple question: Would you trade the collapse of communism, your smaller tax burden, some of your income -- and possibly your job -- in exchange for eliminating that $2.1 trillion in added debt? Coverage of President Reagan’s legacy has been generally fair, with one exception. Many say, “Reagan masterfully won the cold war … but those budget deficits.” Or “America needed Reagan’s infectious optimism … but those budget deficits.” Not all debt is bad. Mortgage debt and student loan debt are worthy investments. No one criticizes President Franklin Roosevelt for the...

Ronald Reagan had been dead for less than three days when one of President Bush's top advisers last Tuesday forecast to me the political fallout. The chorus of Democratic praise for the conservative Republican president would climax with renewed pressure on Bush to reverse his stand against embryonic stem-cell research. This aide predicted the president would be under intense pressure but would stand firm. Four days later, Sen. John Kerry broke a supposed weeklong moratorium on overt political campaigning by delivering the weekly Saturday Democratic radio address. He called for government to ''lift the barrier'' on stem-cell research to fight...

I believe there are three people today who best carry the torch of freedom once held by Ronald Reagan. One is a writer, another is a talker and the third is a doer. The Writer. Peggy Noonan was a speech writer for President Reagan. Fortunately, she shares her astute political observations with us thanks to the astute business judgment of several print editors. Make no mistake; Ms. Noonan has strength of character and a firmness of principles equal to anyone in the knock-down, smash-mouth arena we've come to know as politics. Yet, her words are almost poetic, her phrasings so...

Former Army specialist once stationed at Berlin Wall went to Washington to say goodbye By Ilene Olson rep3@wyomingnews.com Published in the Wyoming Tribune-Eagle CHEYENNE - As a young specialist in the U.S. Army during the 1980s, Clyde Hutchins Jr. had a personal understanding of what the Berlin Wall meant to the people it blocked from freedom. "I did border patrols on the East German border," he said. "On occasion, we would help people who would try to escape. We saw firsthand how important freedom was to people." As a child growing up in the Cold War era, Hutchins knew the...

<p>The week of solemn pageantry surrounding President Reagan's funeral will reinforce his place in history, and has shown that even critics of his policies credit him with transforming both the United States and the world around it.</p> <p>It also served to introduce him to a new generation.</p>