The disgust is only the beginning

[elfs]

Once upon a time, I read National Review. Writers like John Derbyshire and Victor Davis Hanson were, a few years ago, interesting, fresh with new ideas, and startlingly intellectual. Hanson has since devolved into a cheerleader for the President because he can't imagine an alternative, and Derbyshire recently shot himself in the foot by referring to the victims of Virginia Tech as "cowards" for refusing to take on an armed assailant all by themselves.

And then I am reminded that the senior editor at National Review once said that the goverment should mandate that every positive HIV diagnosis in this country should come with a tattoo warning for potential sex partners, preferably on the buttocks. I wondered what should be written there. "Abandon every hope, ye who enter?"

But an entry today by Thomas Sowell reveals the vicious mindlessness to which they have descended:

When I see the worsening degeneracy in our politicians, our media, our educators, and our intelligentsia, I can't help wondering if the day may yet come when the only thing that can save this country is a military coup.

That's all you need to read. Really. Go ahead and "enjoy" the rest of the article, but really, that encompasses the whole of his thought.

Comments

Wow

[ideaphile.livejournal.com]

That's an amazing article on so many levels. Amazing that it was written at all, doubly amazing that it was written by a Harvard professor, triply amazing that it was published anywhere, quadruply amazing that it was published in the Wall Street Journal.

Most people figure out why the old "benevolent dictator" idea isn't so great within a few months of hearing it for the first time-- usually, during the sophomore year of college.

Maybe this guy never actually finished his sophomore year, and that's why he's still at Harvard.

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