#New York’s election of Sen. Jim Buckley was key in America’s Reagan-era rebirth
“#New York’s election of Sen. Jim Buckley was key in America’s Reagan-era rebirth” Fifty years ago, the nation’s political atmosphere was as charged as it is today. Protests turned to violence. Financially insecure working-class folks felt threatened by racial riots and rising crime. A controversial “law and order” president, Richard Nixon, appealed to the “Silent…