In letter exchanges with John Adams as well as in his own autobiographical writings Thomas Jefferson proposed that, “instead of an aristocracy of wealth, of more harm and danger, than benefit, to society, to make an opening for the aristocracy of virtue and talent, which nature has wisely provided for the direction of the interests [...]
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Idle Thoughts
January 17, 2010I wonder if our President reads Thomas Friedman
January 17, 2010Thomas Friedman has no need of me to call attention to his op ed pieces. He has a readership. I have none. Nevertheless today he speaks exactly my mind (and I suppose that of many others). When he says this in today’s Times: “Frankly, if I had my wish, we would be on our way [...]
