The MagazineUnderstanding ReaganThe literature grows, but he remains as elusive as ever.Feb 7, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 20
• By ANDREW FERGUSON
 “On the first nine levels, Reagan is the least interesting of men. But if you postulate a tenth level, then he’s suddenly fascinating.” —George Will, quoted in President Reagan: The Role of a Lifetime, by Lou Cannon “People who had worked for him much of their lives suspected that there was something beneath the surface they had never seen, but they did not know what the something was.” —Lou Cannon, President Reagan If you want the Reagan myth in its purest form, here it is, just in time for the thirtieth anniversary of his inauguration and the hundredth anniversary of his birth: the Official Centennial Edition of Ronald Reagan: 100 Years, a thick slab of text and pictures got out by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. There’s a gold-embossed seal on the cover marking it as a token of the “Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration,” which, an endnote inside tells us, is a “year-long series of activities, events, educational programs, and special projects throughout the United States and abroad.” Moreover, in keeping with the spirit of Reaganism, “no taxpayer dollars have been apportioned for this occasion.” That’s good.
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