Midge Decter, social critic and leader of neoconservative movement, dies at 94

Midge Decter, an intellectual leader of the neoconservative movement whose acerbic, stylishly written essays and books assailed Soviet communism as well as American liberalism, denouncing feminism and other progressive movements while calling for unwavering support for Israel, died May 9 at her home in Manhattan. She was 94.

Her daughter, Naomi Decter, confirmed the death but did not give a cause.