Tony Dolan, who died this month at age 76, was a sage to many and a friend to freedom lovers around the world.
For those who knew him, the loss felt monumental, cataclysmic even. You could perceive the shift, through a uniquely human ...
Dolan’s rudder was his devout Catholicism ... including the basic fact that the former Reagan chief speechwriter was advising the Trump speechwriters. He proceeded to remind me of that with ...
Anthony R. Dolan, who as Ronald Reagan's chief speechwriter deployed the phrase "evil empire" in 1983 to describe the Soviet Union and in another address consigned Marxism and Leninism to "the ash ...
Dolan — “Tony,” to one and all — passed away earlier this month. He was Reagan’s chief speechwriter (“evil empire”). And a distinctive personality. I used to pump him for Reagan stories.
When Reagan addressed the NYSE, he was at the beginning of his second term. He spoke about the economic growth the U.S. experienced during his first term and touted the positive effects of tax ...
Anthony R. Dolan, a onetime folk singer and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who crafted some of Ronald Reagan’s most memorable lines, drafting speeches in which the president referred to the ...
In whispered tones, staffers would note that this was Tony Dolan, Reagan’s chief speechwriter. He knew everyone, or seemed to, even those far removed from the speechwriting shop. And he had time for ...