John O’Sullivan – February 2, 1989

Why Mrs. Thatcher Succeeded John O’Sullivan, CBE (born April 25, 1942) is a British conservative political commentator and journalist and currently vice president and executive editor of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. During the 1980s, he was a senior...

Michael Ledeen – February 23, 1988

Terrorism Michael Arthur Ledeen (born August 1, 1941) is an American historian, philosopher, neoconservative foreign policy analyst, and writer. He is a former consultant to the United States National Security Council, the United States Department of State, and the...

Michael Joyce – January 19, 1988

Liberty and Moderation Shortly after Michael S. Joyce died in February at the age of 63, tributes started pouring in from the conservative grantees who had benefited from his work as executive director of the John M. Olin Foundation (1979-1985) and president of the...

Larry Pratt – March 9, 2011

The 2nd Amendment: Key to the Restoration Lawrence D. “Larry” Pratt (born November 13, 1942) is the executive director of Gun Owners of America, a United States-based firearms lobbying group, and a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He is...

Joan Davis Ratteray – December 8, 1987

Suppressing Innovations: The Corporate Role in Education Dr. Joan Davis Ratteray, president of the Institute for Independent Education and a strong advocate for parental choice and black independent schools, died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 26, 2004 after a...

Yale Brozen – 5-26-66

Automation: Threat or Promise? Brozen was a professor of business economics at the University of Chicago, where he was a colleague of Nobel prize winners Merton Miller and the late George Stigler and other members of the “Chicago School” of Economics Brozen was...