The Attack on Our Constitutional Republic Cannot Go on Forever
Commentary I keep a few books close at hand as much for their titles as for their contents. ...
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Commentary I keep a few books close at hand as much for their titles as for their contents. ...
Print this article We live in a golden age of stupidity, and it is a source of endless amusement for those capable of surmounting or ignoring the horror it initially inspires. By stupidity, I mean here not ignorance or mental ineptitude but the flamboyant productions of inadequate minds determined to apprehend matters far exceeding their capacity. We might call it “creative stupidity” to distinguish it from stupidity as a simple shortcoming. I think of my relative who learned the term “fiat money” and could not go a day without repeating it, convinced that the abandonment of the gold...