Midge Decter (b. July 25, 1927 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is a neoconservative journalist and author of various books including. July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... State capitol building in Saint Paul Saint Paul is the capital and second-largest city of the state of Minnesota in the United States of America. ... Neoconservatism describes several distinct political ideologies which are considered new forms of conservatism. ...
Losing the First Battle, Winning the War
The liberated woman and other Americans
Liberal Parents, Radical Children
The new chastity and other arguments against women's liberation
With Donald Rumsfeld, Decter is the former co-chair of the Committee for the Free World and one of the original drivers of the neo-conservative movement with her spouse, Norman Podhoretz. She is also a founder of the Independent Women's Forum. Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9, 1932) is currently serving as the 21st United States Secretary of Defense, since January 20, 2001, under President George W. Bush. ... The Committee for the Free World (CFW), according to the August 1998 update by Group Watch, was founded in 1981 by Midge Decter who was the organizations executive director. ... Neoconservatism describes several distinct political ideologies which are considered new forms of conservatism. ... Norman Podhoretz (born January 16, 1930) is considered to be a prominent neo-conservative thinker and writer. ... The Independent Womens Forum (IWF) is an organization that, according to its website, was was established to combat the women-as-victim, pro-big-government ideology of radical feminism. ...
Mother of right-wing syndicated columnist, John Podhoretz. John Podhoretz John Podhoretz (born April 18, 1961) is a commentator for a variety of conservative and neo-conservative media sources, including National Review, the Weekly Standard and ReganBooks. ...
Decter is a New York writer and editor, and her works have appeared in Harpers, The Atlantic, The National Review, and The New Republic, among others.
Decter's fighting words a bit more palatable --- or at least somewhat more readable --- we would encourage her to immerse herself in the writings of some of the masters of American conservatism.
Decter would make an excellent volunteer, and we'd guess that after a few months with people who actually survived this devastation, she would have some interesting tales to bring back to us, some facts about what really went on in that war between the Contras and the Sandinistas.
Decter argues that by giving children everything they needed and by encouraging them to explore and to question their society's values, parents unwittingly led their children to the radical, alienated position at which they arrived.
Sociology--as Decter seems to realize when she says in a defense against those who would scoff at her lack of documentation, "This is the inevitable peril for anyone who seeks to discuss the world through the medium of his or her own senses"--requires some kind of evidence to support theories.
Decter often avoids other issues: that the 60s might have been a time when the government was drafting young men to fight a war many considered immoral, and that throughout that era many people, not only the children of liberals, were questioning the values that have traditionally made up the American way.
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