If mismanaging an economic recovery were an Olympic event, President Obama would be standing on the middle platform right now, accepting the gold medal. Deep recessions are supposed to be followed by ...

Facing high unemployment and lukewarm public approval, President Barack Obama can take heart from history: At the same point in his presidency 28 years ago, Ronald Reagan was saddled with an approval ...

Yesterday marked the 8th annual Young America’s Foundation Reagan Forum, a panel discussion held once a year on Capitol Hill to commemorate the life of our nation’s 40 th President, Ronald Reagan.

On one of the biggest nights of the Democratic National Convention, President Barack Obama evoked the words of a Republican hero — former President Ronald Reagan. Obama repeatedly summoned Reagan's ...

How ironic that as America debated its debt ceiling all summer and faced a stunning credit downgrade, the nation approached a most timely anniversary: It was Aug. 13, 1981, that President Reagan ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The surfer host of Ledger Live can't contain his excitement as he sees President Obama give the shaka hand greeting from the reviewing stand. Also, a bleary-eyed Star-Ledger reporter Mark Di Ionno ...