Regardless of the fact that this was written by a former US president, what’s truly amazing is that somebody could take a subject old as the world – love and marriage and write such a simple, genuine, straight to the point message, without a hint of bullshit that happens to reads like a novel.
Letter from Ronald Reagan to his son
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#12I wonder why Michael got a divorce a year later. Maybe he didn't read the letter?
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#13How qualified was Reagan to give marriage advice? How many marriages did he have? Was he a marriage counsellor? Did he study marriages? Statistics on couple behaviors? Or is this like listening to the Kardashian's opinion on... child rearing or something?
Ronald Reagan was a wise man and great president.
I'm more on Spitting Image - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3u3PwCZfM4 - and George Carlin's - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hm7D2Ms_zc - side with this one.
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#14How qualified was Reagan to give marriage advice? How many marriages did he have? Was he a marriage counsellor? Did he study marriages? Statistics on couple behaviors? Or is this like listening to the Kardashian's opinion on... child rearing or something?
Wow, a father writes a private letter to his son advising him to cherish his wife and don't cheat on her. Not sure how anyone can find fault in that - but there you have it.
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#15Very wise words. And a very interesting look at the personal, family world of a very public figure of the late 20th century.
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#16As an armchair history buff, I love famous historical people who were also prolific letter-writers. It gives a great insight into the person, especially when the letter was between family members or close friends and never intended for public consumption. (Reagan was one of these people) As much as I like Letters of Note for the great letters, for me having a stream of letters makes the person much more three-dimensi…
One of the great things about writing a letter is that it takes enough time and energy that you invest a bit of thought before you send it. I worry about 21st century thinkers who will be judged not only by the things they chose to write well, but the one-offs they sent out in the heat of the moment over email.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Great by whose measure? As far as I'm concerned he is an embarrassment (as a President). I do think these letters are of historical interest though, glad to see them available.
You cannot level such a stark criticism against a man who dared to be great - when you do so you embarrass only yourself. "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes…
Talk highly of him all you want, his rhetoric has hurt the US far more than it has helped. Between his voodoo economics and ignoring of the AIDs crisis, Iran Contra, the 'Moral Majority', I think you are embarrassing yourself here, not me. He is the epitome of style over substance.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ronald Reagan was a wise man and great president.
I'm more on Spitting Image - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3u3PwCZfM4 - and George Carlin's - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hm7D2Ms_zc - side with this one.
I think it's ok to take ideas and information as being somewhat independent from their creators. Bad people can produce good ideas, just as good people can produce bad ideas. I might feel very uncomfortable with Shockley's views on genetics and reproduction, but I'm happy he co-invented the transistor. Similarly, I can read Reagan's letter and get something out of it without needing to consider his acting or political career.
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#19As an armchair history buff, I love famous historical people who were also prolific letter-writers. It gives a great insight into the person, especially when the letter was between family members or close friends and never intended for public consumption. (Reagan was one of these people) As much as I like Letters of Note for the great letters, for me having a stream of letters makes the person much more three-dimensi…
You may be interested in reading [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_from_a_Father_to_His_Da...] - letters from India's first prime-minister Jawaharlal Nehru to his daughter Indira who later became India's first female prime-minister and the only one to have imposed a state of emergency.
Re: Letter from Ronald Reagan to his son
#20As an armchair history buff, I love famous historical people who were also prolific letter-writers. It gives a great insight into the person, especially when the letter was between family members or close friends and never intended for public consumption. (Reagan was one of these people) As much as I like Letters of Note for the great letters, for me having a stream of letters makes the person much more three-dimensi…
One of the great things about writing a letter is that it takes enough time and energy that you invest a bit of thought before you send it. I worry about 21st century thinkers who will be judged not only by the things they chose to write well, but the one-offs they sent out in the heat of the moment over email.
I totally agree.