After seeing two writers disagree with a recent “Letter” I wrote the first week of March, I figured it was time to remind these forgetful conservatives of the simple principles of “Economics 101”

WASHINGTON - In a quiet, yet very public, moment of tenderness, Nancy Reagan visited her husband's casket in the Capitol Rotunda one final time before the funeral cortege departed for Washington's National Cathedral.

If you don’t like something or want to get something done, you don’t let little things like the Constitution get in your way.

Stephen Hays Russell, guest commentary

November 9, 2004

NEW YORK - Barraged by accusations from conservatives that it was distorting the legacy of a president, CBS announced Tuesday it was pulling "The Reagans" miniseries off the air.

You told some newspapers editors last week that if Ronald Reagan were running for president today “he could not get through the Republican primary.”

You told some newspapers editors last week that if Ronald Reagan were running for president today “he could not get through the Republican primary.”

For conservatives and Republicans who are wondering what in the world happened to their party, we should recall June 12, 1987. That day, 21 years ago, President Ronald Reagan stood before the wall dividing East and West Berlin and directed his famous appeal to the leader of the then Soviet Union, “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.”

NEW YORK - As president, he crushed one of the few labor unions whose endorsement he won as a candidate.

America has almost 12 million illegal immigrants.

If you don’t like something or want to get something done, you don’t let little things like the Constitution get in your way.

Jose de la Isla

LOS ANGELES - Nancy Reagan suffered a broken pelvis in a fall at her home and will be hospitalized for several days, her spokeswoman said Wednesday.

A member of one of Scottsdale’s more influential Republican families has been tapped to lead the campaign for City Council candidate Suzanne Klapp.

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. - Ten Republican presidential candidates wanting to succeed President Bush embraced a more popular president, conservative icon Ronald Reagan, at every turn in their first debate of the 2008 race.

WASHINGTON -The capital honored Ronald Reagan on Thursday with a procession by tens of thousands past his casket, quiet prelude to a majestic funeral shaped by his own hand. Visitors from the Reagan-era ranks of power and friendship flocked to his widow's side.