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Vol. 23, No. 70

April 1986

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Editor’s Column

Sacramento Bee political editor Martin Smith wrote recently that Ronald Reagan has been the “superglue” that has held the conservative movement together for 20 years. Of course, Mr. Reagan also has ben the “superglue” that has held the Republican Party together since 1980. But the president will be leaving office soon, so perhaps it is […]

Jacob K. Javits, In Memoriam.

On a cold November afternoon two years ago, Jacob Javits welcomed several Riponers into his law office in New York. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the future of progressive Republicanism, and the senator who had been a proud liberal Republican told the group that he would do whatever he could to help […]