From WSJopinion: The former president isn’t Napoleon, but there are similarities in the cults around both men, writes Peggynoonannyc
“Declarations” seeks the truth and then tries to state that truth. The column is published online every Thursday evening and aims to give clarity and humor where appropriate. It is isn’t overtly ideological and asks the reader to be open to different considerations.Peggy Noonan is an opinion columnist at the Wall Street Journal where her column,"Declarations," has run since 2000.
She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2017. A political analyst for NBC News, she is the author of nine books on American politics, history and culture, from her most recent, “The Time of Our Lives,” to her first, “What I Saw at the Revolution.” She is one of ten historians and writers who contributed essays on the American presidency for the book, “Character Above All.” Noonan was a special assistant and speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan.
Before entering the Reagan White House, Noonan was a producer and writer at CBS News in New York, and an adjunct professor of Journalism at New York University. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up there, in Massapequa Park, Long Island, and in Rutherford, New Jersey. She is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University in Rutherford. She lives in New York City. In November, 2016 she was named one of the city's Literary Lions by the New York Public Library.
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