Reagan spent weeks tweaking and practicing the speech. It was scheduled to air on October 17, 1964, from an NBC studio as part of a pre-taped TV program called Rendezvous with Destiny.

Talk about early voting: Ronald Reagan won the race for the White House 60 years ago. As columnist George Will quipped, “it just took 16 years to count the votes.” ...

Why Ronald Reagan's "A Time for Choosing" speech endures after all this time. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 81°F. Tuesday, July 22nd 2025 Digital Replica Edition.

Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the speech that made Ronald Reagan a star—and, in the process, changed America forever.

Forty years ago this week, President Ronald Reagan lit a fuse that would bring down an empire. In a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals, Reagan didn’t mince words.

The immortal Reagan speech that gutless staffers nearly nixed is revealed By Joshua Gilder Published March 18, 2025, 8:17 p.m. ET ...

Former US president Ronald Reagan warned of a Donald Trump-style trade war tactic in a radio address nearly 40 years ago. A video from Mr Reagan’s 1988 speech, focusing on Canadian elections and ...

When Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980, the top income tax rate was 70%. Inflation had averaged nearly 9% over the previous eight years. The unemployment rate was over 7%. China’s GDP ...