Wednesday, January 28, 2004

What's Needed is an Intellectual Revolution

Nicholas Provenzo, at The Rule of Reason, links to and comments on Andrew Sullivan’s recent Time piece which looks at the nanny state we live in.  A commentor on Nicholas’ post, provided a link to an article written by C. Bradley Thompson entitled “The Revolution that Never Was," as it somewhat mirrors Nicholas’ comments.  Thompson’s piece, written in December 1996, casts its eye on the failed “Contract with America” spearheaded by the now out of favor Newt Gingrich.  Thompson’s piece also reminds us that the way things are now, are simply a continuation of the “New Deal,” which H.L. Mencken, adroitly, described this way.

"The money began to pour out on November 16, 1933..."

It hasn’t stopped since.  Has it?

Nicholas’ post also quotes Rand and some of her comments on altruism.  I posted some comments on this back in September 2002 here.

H.L. Mencken quote taken from A Mencken Chrestomathy, The New Deal, pg. 466.

Posted by John Venlet on 01/28 at 02:06 PM
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