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Reagan, ReconsideredSlate's coverage of his death, his life, and his legacy.

Posted Tuesday, June 8, 2004, at 1:24 PM ET

Slate weighs in on Reagan's death:

"Ron and Mikhail's Excellent Adventure: How Reagan won the Cold War" by Fred Kaplan, posted June 9, 2004
"Reagan's Osama Connection: How he turned a jihadist into a terrorist kingpin," by Fred Kaplan, posted June 10, 2004
"The Man, the Myths: Don't believe everything you hear about Ronald Reagan," by David Greenberg, posted June 9.
"Not Even a Hedgehog: The stupidity of Ronald Reagan," by Christopher Hitchens, posted June 7, 2004
"Never a Gray Moment: The international press looks at Ronald Reagan," by Michael Young, posted June 7, 2004
"What Reagan Got Wrong: Liberty is not the absence of government," by William Saletan, posted June 6, 2004
"Ronald Reagan, Party Animal: The man who taught Republicans to be irresponsible," by Timothy Noah, posted June 5, 2004

Slate evaluates Reaganomics:
"Reagan vs. Clinton: Who was responsible for the prosperity of the '90s?" by Dinesh D'Souza and E.J. Dionne, posted November 1997
"Credit Check: Now it's really morning in America. Who deserves a bow?" by Jacob Weisberg, posted Aug. 31, 1997

Slate on the rest of Reagan's record:
"Reagan's Record: Sorry to spoil the birthday party, but …" by Michael Kinsley, posted Feb. 9, 2001
"Reagan's Record II: Did he win the Cold War?" by Michael Kinsley, posted Feb. 16, 2001

Slate on how we remember him:
"Everybody Loves Reagan: How a divisive president became an American Idol," by David Greenberg, posted Nov. 13, 2003
"Saint Ronald: Why must we pretend the 40th president was alert and engaged?" by Timothy Noah, posted Nov. 5, 2003
"Saint Ronald, Part 2: Richard Pipes' new memoir adds ballast to CBS's miniseries," by Timothy Noah, posted Nov. 6, 2003

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