PULITZER PRIZE COLUMNIST PEGGY NOONAN SPEAKS AT WESTMONT

Peggy Noonan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at the Wall Street Journal and a renowned speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan, will speak at the 14th annual Westmont President’s Breakfast on Friday, Feb. 22, from 7-9 a.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort. Tickets cost $125 per person and go on sale Friday, Jan. 25, at 9 a.m. on the Westmont website (westmont.edu/breakfast). Seating is limited, and tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis.

Noonan’s weekly column, Declarations, has run since 2000, and she has written nine bestselling books on American politics, history and culture, including “What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era,” and “When Character Was King: A Story of Ronald Reagan.” She contributed an essay on the American presidency to “Character Above All” with nine other historians and writers. Her newest book, “The Time of Our Lives,” chronicles her career in journalism, the Reagan White House, and the political arena. Read More