Whoever Chases Charlatans...
It had to happen sooner or later. The dangerous and not-very-well-paid job of
stalking Roger Kimball has unofficially been outsourced! Kriston Capps
takes up the proud tradition (begun
here and
here, and taken to a fierce new level
here) in a great post on the sexual liberation movement. I should just add that while it may sometimes
seem like these academic leftists are stupid, they're all too often not, and arguing against them requires a bit more effort than Kimball mustered up.
Oh, and while we're at it, the same goes for politicians—even the reputed dim bulbs like Jim Inhofe and Barbara Boxer are in fact quite intelligent. I bring this up only because a few days ago a couple of bloggers
were mocking Ted Kennedy's proposal to expand Medicare to all uninsured Americans. Criminy. The man's been thinking seriously about public policy for longer than I've been alive; his proposals are at least worth a
hearing. A Ted Kennedy-designed world might not be my ideal, but it certainly wouldn't send the country into chaos and ruin either. Though I do agree that the man's a political catastrophe...