What's wrong with "the new elite?" Forget cultural insularity or smugness. The main problem with the "new elite" is that they're not an elite at all. That is, they aren't particularly smart, or competent.
Glenn ReynoldsThe purpose of the right to bear arms is twofold; to allow individuals to protect themselves and their families, and to ensure a body of armed citizenry from which a militia could be drawn, whether that militia's role was to protect the nation, or to protect the people from a tyrannical government.
Glenn ReynoldsLet's be honest: Kerry has no idea what it is to be even a middle-class white in this country.
Glenn ReynoldsIt's not so much about the cause, it's about feeling superior to political opponents.
Glenn ReynoldsThe government decides to try to increase the middle class by subsidizing things that middle class people have: If middle-class people go to college and own homes, then surely if more people go to college and own homes, weโll have more middle-class people. But homeownership and college arenโt causes of middle-class status, theyโre markers for possessing the kinds of traits โ self-discipline, the ability to defer gratification, etc. โ that let you enter, and stay, in the middle class. Subsidizing the markers doesnโt produce the traits; if anything, it undermines them.
Glenn Reynolds