Lou Cannon
On Times Op-Ed Page, Debate on Reagan and Race Rages on
The battle over Reagan and race that had been playing out recently on the New York Times op-ed page appeared to have subsided by the end of last week. But it received new life over the weekend when Reagan biographer Lou Cannon contributed a guest op-ed asserting that "Ronald Reagan was not a racist."
Today, Paul Krugman responds, arguing, as he has before, that Reagan used racist appeals for political benefit. Referring to Mr. Cannon and Times columnist David Brooks, he notes: "Reagan's defenders protest furiously that he wasn't personally bigoted. So what? We're talking about his political strategy. His personal beliefs are irrelevant."
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