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Reagan -- Myth vs. Reality. "Rumors of the President nodding off during meetings were unfounded: he never napped during the day .. He had an aversion to sleeping while travelling. On flights back from Tokyo or Moscow, he would sit working with battery-like energy while everybody else crashed.. When he made his address to Congress after the Geneva summit, he had been writing and talking for nineteen hours straight." More EDMUND MORRIS -- The Unknowable Reagan.

And let's end the speculation: Reagan first reading of Hayek came in 1945: "During the Second World War, he became addicted to The Reader�s Digest�so much so that he seemed to memorize every issue as soon as it hit the stands." A condensed version of Hayek's The Road to Serfdom was the lead article in the March, 1945 issue of the Digest. Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack