You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream -- the maximum of individual freedom consistent with order --or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism. Regardless of their sincerity, their humanitarian motives, those who would sacrifice freedom for security have embarked on this downward path.

Every year since 2002 California Governors Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger have proclaimed February 6 "Ronald Reagan Day" in the state of California in honor of their most famous predecessor. C. Boulware known for his tough stance against unions and his innovative strategies to win over workers championed the core tenets of modern American conservatism: free markets anticommunism lower taxes and limited government.

A conservative icon he ranks highly in public opinion polls of U. His supply-side economic policies dubbed "Reaganomics" advocated reducing tax rates to spur economic growth controlling the money supply to reduce inflation deregulation of the economy and reducing government spending. Presidents and is credited for generating an ideological renaissance on the American political right.