A Worthy Recipient

Last night in New York Daniel Henninger, deputy editorial page editor of the Wall Street Journal, was presented with the 2004 Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism. The award is presented by the Eric Breindel Memorial Association and funded by the News Corporation, the parent company of the New York Post and Fox News Channel, among other entities. Breindel, editorial page editor of the Post, died of cancer in 1998 at the age of 42.

An editorial in this morning's Post notes that the annual award "recognizes the work of a columnist, editorialist or reporter whose work best reflects the twin spirits that so animated Breindel's own writings: love of this country and its democratic institutions, as well as bearing witness to the evils of totalitarianism."

While I've never met Dan Henninger, I've been a fan of his writings for years. Upon the promotion of Paul Gigot to editorial page editor, Henninger began writing a weekly column, Wonder Land, for the Journal every Friday. Opinionjournal.com provides links to the five Wonder Land columns for which he received the award.

Previous winners of the Breindel Award include Victor Davis Hanson and Jay Nordlinger. Congratulations to Dan Henninger on this recognition of his excellent work.