“The trouble with traditional American conservatism is that it lacks a naturally cheerful, optimistic disposition. Not only does it lack one, it regards signs of one as evidence of unsoundness, irresponsibility.”

Wall Street Journal, November 18, 1985.
1980s

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American columnist, journalist, and writer 1920–2009

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