Anthony Dolan, Speechwriter Who Gave Reagan ‘Evil Empire,’ Dies at 76
Anthony R. Dolan, who as Ronald Reagan’s chief speechwriter deployed the phrase “evil empire” in 1983 to describe the Soviet Union and in another address consigned Marxism and Leninism to “the ash heap of history,” died on March 11 in Alexandria, Va. He was 76. His death, in a hospital, was announced by Fred Ryan, … Read more