White House staffers sought to protect Ronald Reagan from his more “conservative instincts” — but speechwriter Tony Dolan ...

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 ...

At 29, he won a Pulitzer for investigative reporting. He later became a conservative speechwriter, supplying memorable phrases for the country’s 40th president.

In giving a weighty yet conversational ... “The ability to do a speech in a conversational way, the gift that Reagan had, and John Kennedy had, and FDR had, and Trump now has, is a real gift ...