Ronald Reagan's Greatness

Scholars are coming around even slower than network news anchors, but Ronald Reagan's greatness is slowly getting its due.

Just as the news anchors are forced to pay homage to Reagan or risk losing their viewers, scholars are forced to consider Reagan's accomplishments. And, when an ideologically balanced survey was performed, scholars rated Reagan as, "near great."

The only presidents rated as great were Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt.

I believe that Reagan is still underappreciated here. He had the word craft of Lincoln and the inspirational qualities of Roosevelt. He did not preside over a bloody war as those men did, but he should receive credit for triumphing over a deadly foe without having to fight such a war. He revived our economy and the world's economy by removing shackles from the American entrepreneur.

It will take time, but someday Reagan will be recognized as one of America's four greatest presidents.