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Guilty First, Trial Later

Hugh Sidey in Time magazine reports that five hundred of “the nation’s top history professors” placed President Reagan 28th on a list of 37 Presidents, declaring him mediocre and “below average.” He was outranked by Jimmy Carter and Jerry Ford, and “topped only Nixon among modern Presidents.” Well, well.

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John O’Sullivan

John O’Sullivan is a senior fellow at National Review Institute and a contributing editor of National Review.

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Guilty First, Trial Later

Hugh Sidey in Time magazine reports that five hundred of “the nation’s top history professors” placed President Reagan 28th on a list of 37 Presidents, declaring him mediocre and “below average.” He was outranked by Jimmy Carter and Jerry Ford, and “topped only Nixon among modern Presidents.” Well, well.