Peggy Noonan
Overview
 
Peggy Noonan is an American author of seven books on politics, religion, and culture and a weekly columnist
Columnist
A columnist is a journalist who writes for publication in a series, creating an article that usually offers commentary and opinions. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and other publications, including blogs....

 for The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
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. She was a primary speech writer and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

 and in her political writings is considered a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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She is a graduate of Rutherford High School in Rutherford, New Jersey
Rutherford, New Jersey
Rutherford is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 18,061. It is an inner-ring suburb of New York City, located west of Midtown Manhattan....

, and Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fairleigh Dickinson University is a private university founded as a junior college in 1942. It now has several campuses located in New Jersey, Canada, and the United Kingdom.-Description:...

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Five of Noonan's books have been New York Times bestsellers.
Quotations

Wit penetrates; humor envelops. Wit is a function of verbal intelligence; humor is imagination operating on good nature. John F. Kennedy|John Kennedy had wit, and so did Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln, who also had abundant humor; Ronald Reagan|Reagan was mostly humor.

What I Saw at the Revolution : A Political Life in the Reagan Era (1990), p. 179

 
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