"Peggy Noonan (born Margaret Ellen Noonan on September 7, 1950 in Brooklyn, New York) is an author of seven books on politics, religion and culture and a weekly columnist for the Wall Street Journal. She is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University in Rutherford, New Jersey, and was a Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan. Many of Noonan's writings are informed by a working-class, populist sympathy and Roman Catholic spirituality." So begins the Wiki entry for Noonan in one of the Web's most supposedly impartial information platforms. Problem is, that description has practically no connection with reality.::::::::
In fact, who would suspect, from that innocuous sentence, that Noonan is almost exactly the opposite of that description? Because if there is one thing for sure about Noonan it is this: Noonan is not a true populist, nor, for that matter, a friend of the working class. But, then again, populist posturing has been the staple of rightwing and fascistoid sellouts since Mussolini opened the franchise in the 1920s.
ANNALS OF MENDACIOUS PUNDITRY
By Jason Miller
Posted by Patrice Greanville
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Patrice Greanville is Cyrano's Journal Online ( http://www.bestcyrano.org/ ) founding editor and publisher. He may be reached at cyranoeditor@optonline.net
