Tag Archive 'Jonah Goldberg'

The prescient Huey Long

I found this in a book of anecdotes written in 1944: Somebody once asked the late Huey Long if he thought we would ever have fascism in the United States.  “Sure we will,” predicted Long, “only we’ll call it anti-fascism.” And if that doesn’t make sense to you, hie yourself to the local bookstore or [...]

A lovely turn of phrase

I do like Jonah Goldberg’s writing.  In an article about Obama’s static trajectory, and Democratic befuddlement regarding that mystery, Goldberg has this lovely, laugh-out-loud bit of writing: Ask the typical Obama supporter why this should be so and you’ll get a range of answers. Some just stare at the poll numbers the way my late [...]