I used to enjoy looking at Ms. Noonan’s ideas. But I don’t consider her a “messenger.” That would imply that they are not her ideas - that she is merely the mouthpiece for somebody else. I’m no longer a big fan of hers, but I still give her credit for having ideas of her own.
I know a lot of people agree with her, but I don’t and that’s fine. I just resent her presuming to speak for all of us.
What Peggy Noonan has written here is little different from what Phyllis Schlafly has been saying and documenting for years now.