Political and economic freedom prevailed because of MargaretThatcher's political leadership in Britain. And like that of herunfailing friend and ally, Ronald Reagan, in America, it was guidednot by consensus but by conviction.
Believing that words are "the essential units on which acivilization rests," The Heritage Foundation has provided a forumfor lectures by public officials, scholars, and policy experts onthe leading issues of the day: a pantheon of the most influentialconservatives in America in the last part of the 20th century andthe first decade of the 21st.
The modern conservative movement has lost one of its real heroes. John Von Kannon, “the Baron,” has passed to a better place after a long struggle with cancer. Someone wrote that John had been battling cancer for more than a year.
Reading about Meryl Streep's preparation to act in "The Iron Lady" could lead one to believe that the real Margaret Thatcher was difficult to understand.