John R. Coyne Jr.

John R. Coyne Jr. is a former White House speechwriter and the coauthor of Strictly Right: William F. Buckley and the American Conservative Movement.


Reviews

Society

Reassessing the Coolidge Legacy

| 03.01.13

Despite poor reviews from most historians, Silent Cal presided over a robust economy, surpluses, serious reductions in the national debt and generally very good times.

Society

Death by Irrelevance

| 01.04.12

Rockefeller, Lindsay, Scranton—just three of the “moderates” who failed to keep the GOP from the clutches of Goldwater and Nixon. Geoffrey Kabaservice laments their defeat with a wistfulness that obscures from him their true frustration.

Commentary

Economics

The Rise and Fall of AIG

| 02.21.13

An inside account of the battle between an industry legend and a ruthless politician.

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June 19, 2013