David French, maybe National Review ’s most reliably wrong scribe, issued this gem in response to the FBI raid on Donald Trump’s residence in Florida: Imagine thinking federal police agents and lawyers will be “held accountable,” or that presidents are not above the law! Is this an afterschool special? “Let’s wait and see, folks, before we judge
Is Babbittry alive and well in twenty-first-century America? George F. Babbitt is novelist Sinclair Lewis’s protagonist in the novel of the same name. Babbitt is a real estate man, which is to say a salesman, but the newfangled 1920s term is “Realtor ™. “ Incurious, smug, self-satisfied, and utterly predictable, Babbitt is well pleased with his
“To mount an effective response to the reigning egalitarianism of our age, therefore, it is necessary but scarcely sufficient to demonstrate the absurdity, the anti-scientific nature, the self-contradictory nature, of the egalitarian doctrine, as well as the disastrous consequences of the egalitarian program. All this is well and good. But it
Any political statement made today, by any politician or candidate, can be answered thus: “We don’t believe you.” Original Article: “We Don’t Believe You” This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher
Russian oligarchs, American pols, and state-connected billionaires are all cut from the same cloth: they didn’t earn, or fully earn, their wealth and position in society. We must withdraw our sanction of these people. Original Article: “ The Wrong Elites “ This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher
David French, maybe National Review ’s most reliably wrong scribe, issued this gem in response to the FBI raid on Donald Trump’s residence in Florida: Imagine thinking federal police agents and lawyers will be “held accountable,” or that presidents are not above the law! Is this an afterschool special? “Let’s wait and see, folks, before we judge
George F. Babbitt es el protagonista del novelista Sinclair Lewis en la novela del mismo nombre. Babbitt es un agente inmobiliario, es decir, un vendedor, pero el término novedoso de los años veinte es «Realtor™». «Incurioso, engreído, autocomplaciente y totalmente predecible, Babbitt está muy satisfecho con su vida en el ficticio Zenith. Como un
«Para montar una respuesta efectiva al igualitarismo reinante en nuestra época, por lo tanto, es necesario pero apenas suficiente demostrar lo absurdo, la naturaleza anticientífica, la naturaleza autocontradictoria, de la doctrina igualitaria, así como las consecuencias desastrosas del programa igualitario. Todo esto está muy bien. Pero pasa por
David French, tal vez el escriba más fiable de National Review , publicó esta joya en respuesta a la redada del FBI en la residencia de Donald Trump en Florida: Imagínate que piensas que los agentes de la policía federal y los abogados van a «rendir cuentas», o que los presidentes no están por encima de la ley. ¿Es esto un especial para después de
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