Forgotten Lessons: Selected Essays by John T. Flynn

by John T. Flynn and Gregory P. Pavlik

Book Overview

LARGE PRINT EDITION More at LargePrintLiberty.com. "This collection of essays and articles provides a small sampling of Flynn's work, as well as a look at some of the great themes that animated the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572460156
• ISBN13: 9781572460157
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Foundation for Economic Education
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

A Forgotten Conservative

This collection of essays written by John T. Flynn takes the reader back in time when a "conservative" was something different than what it is today. Mr. Flynn was a "liberal" or a "conservative" at various points of his life. He is generally categorized with writers of the "Old Right" such as; Robert Taft, H.L. Mencken, and my personal favorite, Garet Garrett. In an essay on economics and the Great Depression he identified a problem plaguing home owners that is familiar to today's crisis- mortgages on houses were much higher than the values of those houses. Another area of deja vu was his complaints about real estate speculating and inflated prices. He had an excellent chapter on income taxes ("The Hand in Your Pocket") from the old conservative viewpoint. Mr. Flynn also wrote a timeless essay on militarism. It can be argued that history has validated that essay! "The Rejected Essay", the paper that was rejected by William F. Buckley is included in the book also. For any reader interested in the writings of the Old Right, this collection of essays is worthy of consideration.

John T. Flynn Versus the Welfare-Warfare State

Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to destroy Flynn's career for his opposition to the welfare-warfare state. CIA "Conservative" Bill Buckley blacklisted Flynn from National Review. Flynn's banned NR article appears here.