Re: My favorite line

My favorite line in the Greenburg “review” of Tom’s book is this:

“But Woods’ critics on the right belong to what might be called the conservative elite—neoconservatives and libertarians—whereas Hannity, Buchanan, and the radio talk-show hosts are, like their most fervid followers, essentially populist. Whatever jabs they may take at the liberal media or at academia, conservative elites, like their (elite) liberal adversaries (and here I’m generalizing), harbor an underlying respect for the values of higher education, science, reason, and expertise. Conservative populists, on the other hand, more often exhibit scorn for intellectual authority altogether.”

Hannity is obviously a twit, incapable of analyzing an issue beyond the level of his GOP talking points, but compare the output of Rothbard, who advocated libertarian populism, and Rothbard’s intellectual heirs, with Greenberg’s beloved conservative elite and see who respects the values of true scholarship.

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8:01 pm on March 14, 2005