------------

Old Photoblog
Galleries
------------

VeryWellSaid.com Best-Selling Books by Topic
Military History	(Top Rated)
British History	(Top Rated)
Middle East History	(Top Rated)
Land Battles	(Top Rated)
Naval Warfare	(Top Rated)
Air Warfare	(Top Rated)
9/11	(Top Rated)
Terrorism	(Top Rated)
Legal History	(Top Rated)
IP Law	(Top Rated)
Guns	(Top Rated)

------------

The Anglosphere Challenge
"Restore(s) a little sanity into current political debate" - Kenneth Minogue, TLS  "Projects a more expansive and optimistic future for Americans than (the analysis of) Huntington" - James R. Kurth, National Interest  "One of (the) most important books I have read in recent years" - Lexington Green
------------ ------------

• • Log in
•   Problem? Question?
•   Contact Contributors:
  
  
•   Please send any comments or suggestions about the book that Lexington Green and James C. Bennett are currently writing to:


• CB Twitter Feed
• Lex's Tweets
• Jonathan's Tweets
• Blog Posts (RSS 2.0)
• Blog Posts (Atom 0.3)
• Incoming Links

• Recent Comments

  • Loading...

2 Responses to “Attack from Ward Three”

1. Lexington Green Says:
   February 6th, 2009 at 4:39 pm

   Good article. The only problem is that the new commissars will not only be telling the rich people what to do, but will be telling everybody what to do.

2. Jonathan Says:
   February 7th, 2009 at 12:51 am

   Good article except that Brooks perpetuates the conceit that formerly rich people ran the country and govt functionaries had little power. In fact rich people have always had great political influence, but they never controlled anything, other than their own enterprises, in the centrally-planned way that statists would like to control things. By contrast, govt functionaries have always had tremendous power, often power greatly disproportionate to their nominal roles. A rich person can’t throw you in jail, but a police officer or IRS official can effectively ruin your life. Most of the people in these govt roles are honest, but as govt expands the number of corrupt officials increases and the increased spoils of bigger govt attract more corrupt people to govt work.