A 2020 view of Peggy Noonan's book " Life , Liberty , and the Pursuit of Happiness ".

Scenes from Peggy Noonan's book would make a captivating Hollywood movie. Popular family entertainment or when she describes Washington-NewYork Babylon high society, R-rated with hints of " The Exorcist " or " Great Gatsby " Can the good Irish-Catholic girl be unsoiled by all this ?

As I just finished reading the whole book, that put me in early Clinton Era time warp ( a " Peggy Sue Got Married eerie feeling ) , I know what I am talking about .

Scenes of a younger, satanic Donald Trump and a younger, devilish Bill Clinton in " Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" could revive the Catholic Church's " CONDEMNED MOVIES " list .

I am an independent democratic socialist amused by Noonan's upper class conservative Catholicism that misses the old Pre-Vatican II gravitas and mystique.

Peggy Noonan is a very interesting writer and decent human being.

Former Reagan speechwriter Noonan (What I Saw at the Revolution, 1990) reflects on life outside the Beltway with charm and wit—and a privileged insider's view. Noonan moved to New York to raise her son and make a living as a journalist. Although she has been called back to Washington from time...

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Former Reagan speechwriter Noonan (What I Saw at the Revolution, 1990) reflects on life outside the…