Reply #3: Sadly, so:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Helprin

Halperin and Helprin are two different people. But Helprin is a right winger. He wrote a lot of stuff for the WSJ op ed. From his Web site:

“On The Future of Conservatism.” Commentary, February1997: 27-28.
“Saddam Hussein's Day Off.” Wall Street Journal, 26 November 1997: a14.

“Impeach.” Wall Street Journal, 10 October 1997: a22.
“Crimson Tide. Wall Street Journal, 17 March 1997: a18.

“To Fight for Principle.” Wall Street Journal, 15 January 1997: a16.

“Table of Inflation.” (Poem) Wall Street Journal, 29 November 1996: a6.

“Mr. Clinton's Foreign Policy.” Wall Street Journal, 12 August 1996: a10.

A Spinner of Myths.” Newsweek, 27 May 1996: 37.
“Mr. Vistica's Navy.” Weekly Standard, 25 March 1996: 30-33.

“The Defense of Taiwan.” Wall Street Journal, 7 March 1996: a20.
“GOP Should Beware This Bomb.” Wall Street Journal, 28 February 1996: a15.

“Let Dole Lead.” Wall Street Journal, 2February 1996: a10.

“For A New Concert of Europe.” Commentary, January 1996: 30-46.

“Enchantment in Statist Economics.” Wall Street Journal, 15 January 1996: a12.

“Diversity is Not a Virtue.” In Reinventing The American People: Unity And Diversity Today, ed. Robert Royal (Ethics And Public Policy Center; William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 1995), 71-75.

“The National Prospect: a Symposium.” (Contributor) Commentary, November 1995: 23 (3 pages).

“What To Do About Terrorism, Really.” Wall Street Journal, 10 May 1995: a14.

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Also, anyone who has read "City in Winter" and "Veil of Snows" can't miss his Reaganesque "Peace Through Strength" philosophy he jams into the mouth of the Queen.

He IS a brilliant writer. I find his earlier works much better than his later stuff, though.