Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to Wall Street Journal: 'An Officer and a Gentleman'--and a Pioneering Actor
April 04, 2024
April 04, 2024
NEW YORK, April 4 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on April 2, 2024, to the Wall Street Journal:
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'An Officer and a Gentleman'--and a Pioneering Actor
By Jason L. Riley
Louis Gossett Jr. inspired me as a middle-schooler with his portrayal of a no-nonsense drill sergeant.
Adolescent boys coming of age in the mid-1980s saw "Top Gun" and left the theater with dreams of joining the . . .
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'An Officer and a Gentleman'--and a Pioneering Actor
By Jason L. Riley
Louis Gossett Jr. inspired me as a middle-schooler with his portrayal of a no-nonsense drill sergeant.
Adolescent boys coming of age in the mid-1980s saw "Top Gun" and left the theater with dreams of joining the . . .