Will Bunch

Despite the polarizing title of this book, the author is surprisingly even-handed in discussing Reagan's legacy, is more focused on tearing down the myth that has grown up around Reagan rather than the man himself. Bunch takes great effort show the truth about what really happened during the Reagan presidency, although I would have liked him to spend even just a paragraph or two discussing some important events for the benefit of those who were not yet born or are too young to remember the events as they unfolded, such as the evacuation of Beirut or the Iran-Contra scandal. Bunch even admits some admiration for Reagan, especially on nuclear disarmament. This book should be required reading, especially for young conservatives who insist on boosting the myth surrounding Ronald Reagan but are too young to remember his actually presidency.… (more)

I would have given this book 5 stars if it weren't for the author's pushing either trump or Bernie as the only reasonable choices. People who thought that gave us trump, whom everyone has to agree was no good for education. His solution to the problem of people being priced out of a college education are all good - gap years, a year of service to the nation, free college, less restrictive enrolling, less spending on perks to lure the 1% and more spending on actual education, and ultimately less spending on war and more spending on the lives of citizens. All these are good solutions, but if you don't elect people who know how politics work, then you don't get any of them.… (more)