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Robert L. Bartley, RIP
Editor emeritus at the Wall Street Journal, Bartley died today:
.... Earlier this month, President Bush awarded Bartley the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. "A champion of free markets, individual liberty and the values necessary for a free society, his writings have been characterized by profound insights, passionate convictions and an unyielding optimism in America," the citation read.
Over his career, he also won a Gerald Loeb Award and a Citation for Excellence from the Overseas Press Club of America. He was the author of a book on Reagan administration economic policy, "The Seven Fat Years: And How to Do It Again," published in 1992. He was awarded honorary degrees from Macalester College, Babson College and Adelphi University.
Bartley is survived by his wife, Edith, who was his high school girlfriend — his only one, according to his brother Dale — and by their three daughters.
The Blog from the Core has quoted Bartley four times this year:
Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Wed. 12/10/03 07:40:58 PM
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