reagan has found an admirer in e oval office. the current holder of the presidency said, quote, ronald reagan changed the trajectory of america in a way that richard nixon did not, and a way that bill clinton did not. president obama s desire to be like reagan is evident and has been much remarked upon. the last time i hosted a book for about ronald reagan was for john patrick begins s book on the former president. many of you may know he passed on, but i recall his central thought at that event, ronald reagan changed the world of foreign policy and international affairs, but he accomplishe very little at home in the way of liberalization of society, which as you may recall, reagan s first inaugural, central concern of his. today we deal with the question in various ways about whether john patrick dragons was correct about that, his ultimate legacy, and we will startith our author,. steve is a fellow at aig, he has written biographs of presidets jimmy carter and a biography o