As an alternative to the failed cut-and-paste solutions offered bydistant government bureaucracies, a "fraternal association of theEnglish-speaking peoples" (in the words of Winston Churchill) canlead the way in halting and then reversing socialism through theconcrete applications of conservative ideas, creating anirresistible momentum and expanding spheres of freedom in everycorner of the globe.
One afternoon soon after I came to Concord to run the Monitor newsroom in 1978, Tom Gerber, the affable editorial page editor, stopped by my office to ask if I wanted to meet John Glenn. Who would say no to that?On the way to the Holiday Inn, Tom told.