Commentary
Leadership is a double-barrelled quality. It calls for both personal inspiration and the ability to inspire others.
People who go out of their way to invite others to dream bigger, learn more, think more carefully, collaborate and take action, become enormously influential.
Such was the legacy of the recently deceased American journalist and author Midge Decter. She regarded serving and inspiring others as not just a choice, but a responsibility.
Decter Slipped Away at Age 94
Originally considered a New York liberal, Midge Decter evolved into a trailblazer for the 20th century conservative movement. Decter was among the first influential intellectuals to turn the notion of a “Manhattan conservative” into something more than an oxymoron. During the Thatcher–Reagan era, she became an intellectual power to be reckoned with….