I see a lot of commenters taking issue with the author's opinionative statements regarding Regan and Trump and the sort of hailing of progressive ideals. While I am by no means whatsoever a progressive, I dont have an issue with that at all. I said to myself as I read it, "wow, I disagree with that completely" but the author put his cards on the table at the outset saying he is a progressive so it should be expected that he feels this way. From my perspective, its actually great to hear some…