Lee Edwards is the distinguished fellow in conservative thought at The Heritage Foundation's B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics. A leading historian of American conservatism, Edwards has published 25 books, including "Just Right: A Life in Pursuit of Liberty."
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WARSAW — Quite suddenly, what Poland does and doesn’t do has become crucial to the United States and the Western alliance. As the next-door neighbor… Read More
SocietyCommentary
When it has nothing else to do, the liberal establishment will dip into its bulging bag of clichés and declare that this time, absolutely, positively,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
What would be a fitting memorial for the founding father of the modern conservative movement? A statue in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall? An airport?… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Man does not live by bread alone. So the Bible says, and it’s the message of Tiananmen Square. Chinese students filled that space 25 years… Read More
Russian history in the 20th century is bookended by the disastrous rise and eventual collapse of Soviet communism. And no one did a better chronicling… Read More
Who has been the most consequential conservative of the past four decades? We could say Ronald Reagan, the indomitable optimist who won two landslide presidential… Read More
News
Delegates have known for months (or longer) whom their parties will nominate for President. With such predictability, the national conventions have been taken for granted,… Read More
Let us turn one more time to Ronald Reagan, in his centennial year, for some Christmas cheer. President Reagan loved America, his shining city on… Read More
This week, we celebrate two of the most important dates in modern conservative politics—presidential candidate Barry Goldwater’s crushing defeat on November 3, 1964, and… Read More
The presidential proclamations commemorating National Captive Nations Week—the third week of every July–are a revealing reflection of U.S. foreign policy over the past 50 years… Read More
