Brooks on Blond

by Will on March 19, 2010

If you’re looking for a good introduction to the Red Tories, David Brooks’ column does a much better job of explaining Philip Blond’s philosophy than my muddled post. Blond is also is speaking at Villanova next week. He’s an engaging guy, and any readers in the area are encouraged to attend.

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1 Jason Kuznicki March 19, 2010 at 2:40 pm

I’m afraid the Brooks column is even more befuddling to me. We’ve had well over a decade of big-government projects, from two wars, to Medicare Part D, to No Child Left Behind, to Obamacare, with a fiscal profligacy that’s never been seen before in our history.

And Brooks blames libertarians? Seriously? Would it be imaginable, in any possible world, for Brooks not to blame libertarians? Even for the things we opposed, and the cheered on?

And now he wants more communitarianism? (As an antidote to what?) We already know what the communitarian option looks like, at least when it’s translated to the federal level, which everything always is nowadays.

I won’t always defend the Tea Party, but I’ll say this: Whatever libertarianism they have is a sign of health, not of sickness, in our polity. Local associations flourish when people are free, not when these associations become government boondoggles or sinecures for public policy wonks with the latest clever ideas.

2 Jason Kuznicki March 19, 2010 at 2:42 pm

Ahem: “and he cheered on.”

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