Top Conservative Author Endorses ‘Benevolent Sexism’

[naaman fletcher]

24. I met him once.

Got drunk with him. This was many years ago. He ordered a double whiskey with a beer chaser. Twice.

Anyway, he was an interesting man. He had been a liberal as a kid, and joined the peace corps. While in Northern Thailand, he lived in a village where the federal government had no reach. This is where he formed his anti-government views. His basic conclusion was "somehow this village gets along just fine without any government".

This was right before the Bell Curve came out. He said "After my next book comes out, you won't want to be seen in public with me".


Anyway, I thought at the time "Here's a decent Libertarian guy I can disagree with". It seems, however, that over the last 20 years he has turned into a mainstream Washington conservative on the corporate dime.