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Matthew Dallek

Matthew Dallek teaches history and politics at the University of California’s Washington Center. He is the author of The Right Moment: Ronald Reagan's First Victory and the Decisive Turning Point in American Politics.

articles/2010/04/09/the-new-political-violence/dallek-pelosi-death-threats_93224_dpxn0k

The New Political Violence

When the House Speaker is getting death threats, militants are spinning out of control. Matthew Dallek on what the radicals of the 1960s can teach us about today’s dangerous fringe.

Matthew Dallek

articles/2010/03/24/the-gops-dirty-health-care-secret/dallek-health-care_90337_sxwrhx

The GOP's Dirty Health-Care Secret

Republicans are screaming that Obamacare’s mandates are a “stunning assault on liberty,” as one put it. That’s ironic, since Richard Nixon, Bob Dole and Bill Frist all embraced the idea.

Matthew Dallek

articles/2010/01/29/democratic-deacutejagrave-vu/dallek-dem-health-care_78570_l9zgg1

The Rift That Could Kill Health Care

The divide between liberals and centrists in the Democratic Party is nothing new. Matthew Dallek on the liberal déjà vu threatening health-care reform.

Matthew Dallek

articles/2009/11/14/what-reagan-could-tell-the-right/dallek-reagan_62771_x3nxng

What Reagan Could Tell the Right

In slamming health-care reform, GOP leaders proudly claim the mantle of Ronald Reagan. Yet they’re ignoring how Reagan deftly distanced himself from the far right.

Matthew Dallek

articles/2009/08/28/how-reagan-made-teddy/dalle-kennedy_46065_l4rcp0

How Reagan Made Teddy

Ted Kennedy’s unabashed liberalism helped enable the rise of Ronald Reagan in the 1980s—then Reagan returned the favor by playing the perfect foil.

Matthew Dallek

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articles/2009/07/25/congress-insult-to-randy-pauschrsquos-legacy/dallek-pausch_39674_kbtgjt

Congress' Insult to Randy Pausch's Legacy

One year after the death of "Last Lecture" speaker Randy Pausch, his cause-increased funding for pancreatic cancer-is mostly abandoned.

Matthew Dallek

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