Thanks, Karen. Yes, I knew I’d made a significant contribution when Claremont weighed in against me. Who wouldn’t want to be attacked by Claremont, one of the most ahistorical and positively Orwellian operations in existence? Of course power-worshippers won’t like the book. They would have hated Jefferson, too, who like many other Americans believed in the right of secession. (I love how I’m accused of attacking America’s “founding principles” by believing in the right of secession. There’s Orwell again for you.) One of their writers recently quoted Harry Jaffa as saying, “Every human good we enjoy today is, directly or … Continue reading Big Surprise: Claremont Sides With NYT