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A Great Gamble on the Courage and Character of the American People

A Great Gamble on the Courage and Character of the American People

A reflection on Ronald Reagan’s first inaugural and its importance then and now.
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A Great Gamble on the Courage and Character of the American People

As I mentioned in my last newsletter, last year the Ronald Reagan Institute commissioned me to write an extended essay reflecting on Reagan’s first inaugural. I’m sending that essay as a French Press for two reasons. First, to demonstrate that our nation has been capable of remarkable turnarounds even in the recent past.

David French is a columnist for the New York Times. He’s a former senior editor of The Dispatch. He’s the author most recently of Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.

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