Leftism, Political Correctness, and Other Lunacies (Dispatches from the Fifth Circle)

By Thomas a Nonymus

This is a retired blogger's version of John Henry Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua. It may seem immodest of me to suggest intellectual kinship with Cardinal Newman, but bloggers aren't modest. If they were, they wouldn't expose their innermost thoughts to the world. It's true that many bloggers choose to remain anonymous. But that doesn't diminish their immodesty - or their credibility. Ideas should be judged on their own merits, not by their author's reputation or rank. If Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay chose to remain anonymous (to all but a few keen observers) when they wrote as Publius to urge ratification of the Constitution, why can't a blogger emulate them in urging policies that would restore constitutional governance (as I do in many of my posts)? This volume is the first in a projected series. Each volume will reproduce (with little editing) what I consider to be the best posts of my blogging career. The posts included in this volume are drawn from those that I placed under two closely related headings: "The Academy, Intellectuals, and the Left" and "Infamous Thinkers and Political Correctness." Future volumes will consist of posts representing thirteen other topics. This volume - and most of this series - will draw many nods of agreement from persons who think of themselves as conservative, fewer nods from self-identified libertarians, fewer still from those who are inclined to think of themselves as middle-of-the-roaders, and almost none from readers to the left of center. That's to be expected, human nature being what it is. But I hope that those of you who disagree with what I have to say will think about why you disagree, and consider whether you can rebut me with facts and logic.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1518677916
• ISBN13: 9781518677915
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"