Rich Lowry is the editor and a former national political reporter for the National Review. He is the author of Legacy: Paying the Price for the Clinton Years and Lincoln Unbound: How an Ambitious Young Rail-Splitter Saved the American Dream--and How We Can Do It Again.
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