LEE EDWARDS, widely regarded as the leading historian of the American conservative movement, is the Heritage Foundation’s Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought and serves as an Adjunct Professor of Politics at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. The founding Director of the Institute on Political Journalism at Georgetown University, he is a frequent commentator on FOX News, PBS, C-SPAN, and NPR. The author of the first biography of Ronald Reagan, his other books include To Preserve and Protect: The Life of Edwin Meese III (The Heritage Foundation, 2005) and The Essential Ronald Reagan: A Profile in Courage, Justice and Wisdom (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005).
Mr Edwards spoke at a Miller Center Forum on February 27, 2009.
The end of conservativism? Gawd, we can only hope so.