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An American story
Kenneth T. Walsh examines Reagan's remarkable grip on the public imagination

The Reagan legacy
Were his successes the result of single-minded devotion to one idea?

Parallel presidents
Can George Bush claim the mantle?

Next act
A warm public embrace for the new Nancy

He still matters
Once again, he stopped Washington

Tale of two titans
Gloria Borger on Tip and Ron

Sunny side up
Somehow, things always worked out

A man and a generation
David Gergen on what he meant

Patron saint
Bernadine Healy appreciates the Reagans' crusade for Alzheimer's research

The last time we saw him
Memories from kids in the park

From grief to optimism
Michael Reagan remembers his father as the man who changed his life

He stands in history
Michael Barone ranks Reagan

Ronald Reagan 1911-2004
From the day he walked into the Oval Office, Reagan considered himself an ordinary fellow with some extraordinary skills

A truly exceptional American
In the first half of the 20th century, FDR rescued America from despair and the world from totalitarianism; Ronald Reagan did the same in the second half

A long goodbye from a grateful nation
More than 100,000 people–everyone from world leaders to ordinary folks bearing jelly beans–say farewell to former President Ronald Reagan.

It wasn't always easy for the Gipper
Michael Barone says voters may conclude that Bush, like Reagan, was wise to stay the course as he did

He lived to tell the great American story
David Gergen writes that Reagan made us smile again

The Illinois optimist
A megawatt smile and quick wit mask a burning desire to succeed

Stars in his eyes
From the Gipper to Bonzo: The rise and fall of an almost idol

The host with the most
An unemployed actor turns to TV and ends up with a political career

Let the show begin
On the road with the man who reinvented the art of politics

A hero in the making
He escapes death—and gains the strength to reshape the economy

Snuffing the evil empire
How Reagan helped bring about the Soviet Union's demise

Home on the range
He was the public man that no one really knew

He leaves a surprisingly grand legacy
Michael Barone asks what the 20th century would have looked like without Reagan