29.6.08

"The Anti-Intellectual Presidency"



Today's David Broder column is a must read. Despite the title, it's not about the present administration, but rather a study conducted by a Wesleyan University political scientist that is well worth a closer look.

Across the op-ed page was a David Brooks column, which also included a book recommendation. In this case it was a new book by "promising" young conservative writers, Ross Douthat and Peihan Salam, called "Grand New Party." This book also seems woth looking at, but I was struck by the subtle but clear difference in the approaches of these two works.

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