White House staffers sought to protect Ronald Reagan from his more “conservative instincts” — but speechwriter Tony Dolan ...

The former Reagan speechwriter brought a devout Roman Catholicism, an abundance of wit, and a wealth of insight to his ...

“With some nifty footwork, Dolan finally managed to get Reagan to deliver the speech he wanted,” Simon ... of circulating the draft at the very last minute, so no one has any time to comment.” ...

With heavy tariffs and overtures to Russia, Trump embraces a worldview starkly different from that of the conservative icon.