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Sandra Pianin is a freelance writer who lives in Queens, New York. Her work has appeared on many online sites with subjects from gardening to politics. In the past, she has been a reviewer for the High Definition Film Festival, the author of a Hollywood business column for www.matchflick.com and a web pundit for www.webpundit.net.

EDITORIAL OF THE WEEK

What Is Jeane Kirkpatrick's Legacy? 
 

Jeane Kirkpatrick, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations during the Reagan administration has passed away.  Ms, Kirkpatrick was a pioneer of the "neoconservative" movement that advocated an interventionist foreign policy during the administration of President Ronald Reagan. Ms. Kirkpatrick was born in Duncan, Oklahoma.  She attended college in Missouri and received her master's degree in political science from Columbia University in New York.  In 1981, when President Reagan tapped her for the UN post, she was a professor of political science at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Jean Kirkpatrick was chosen for the post in the Reagan administration partly because of an article she wrote for Commentary Magazine entitled "Dictatorships and Double Standards." Ms. Kirkpatrick was the only Democrat in Reagan's cabinet.  She was also the only woman.  Later, she became a Republican. She possessed a reputation as an anti-communist crusader.  At the United Nations, Ms. Kirkpatrick fought back when she thought the United States was being attacked Ms Kirkpatrick was an advocate for human and civil rights.  She hated people who spoke from both sides of the issue rather than acting on the strength of their convictions.   Standing for liberty left Jean Kirkpatrick wide open for criticism from all sectors.  But, she was a woman of strong convictions and will be admired for her courageous actions. ~*~Sandra Pianin ~*~

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