On January 22, 1920, American neoconservative pundit and author Irving Kristol was born. He is famous for a number of works, including the essay “‘When virtue loses all her loveliness’ — some reflections on Capitalism and ‘the free society’” (National Affairs, Fall 1970) and the treatise Two Cheers for Capitalism: A Penetrating Assessment Of Free Enterprise And The Corporate System (1978).
Kristol died September 18, 2009.