“In 1993 I Was On A Political Trip to Israel . . .”
September 15, 2014
So said Rush Limbaugh on his radio show today while interviewing his own brother who has just written a book on Christianity.
Hmmm. 1993 is about the time I noticed that Rush had completely transformed himself from a semi-conservative critic of the state and statism to a toady for the Republican Party, which by that time had been totally captured by the “neocons.” I guess a “political trip to Israel” to “get your mind right,” as the prison warden in the movie Cool Hand Luke once said, is a prerequisite for becoming a multi-millionaire mouthpiece for the GOP.
Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo [send him mail] is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a longtime member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books including The Real Lincoln; How Capitalism Saved America; Lincoln Unmasked; Hamilton's Curse; Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government; The Problem with Socialism; and The Politically-Incorrect Guide to Economics.
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