NYT Mag.: The Son Also Rises (Ron Reagan Jr. interview)

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Q Now that the country is awash in Reagan nostalgia, some observers are predicting that you will enter politics. Would you like to be president of the United States?

I would be unelectable. I'm an atheist. As we all know, that is something people won't accept.

What would you do if Senator Kerry asked you to be his vice president?

I would question his sanity.

Do you ever go to church?

No. I visit my wife's sangha.

So you sometimes practice Buddhism?

I don't claim anything. But my sympathies would be in that direction. I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.

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How did your father react when you joined the Joffrey Ballet?

That was fine with him. He wanted us to be happy, and if that meant leaving Yale University as a freshman and studying ballet, his first move was to call Gene Kelly and find out where the best place to study would be.

Aren't you working in television these days?

I am a correspondent for MSNBC. They hired me primarily to do election coverage for them. We're not rich. Doria's a clinical psychologist. I mow my own lawn.

Doesn't your mom help you out financially?

Of course not. My father felt that children should make their own way.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/magazine/27QUESTIONS.html

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1. great interview...he is very direct, to the point and doesn't

use extra words. They are measured. No waste.