Thanks for posting this Peggy Noonan article.
I am in the process of reading 'When Character was King,' by Peggy Noonan. Much of this article is taken right from the book, in fact, I read a number of the lines just today!
If you liked the article and want more, I suggest you pick up the book. You can get a good conditioned paperback for next to nothing on Amazon.
The more I read about Reagan, the more I hear his speaches, the more I have to just hit myself in the head and wonder what the heck was I thinking back then to have been a liberal? I wish I could apologize to him.