For what may be the first time, the Letters to the Editor section of the local paper proved useful other than as a quick way to raise my blood pressure and ruin breakfast with my wife.
In yesterday's exciting episode of DoMMeSTC, I referred to what I call the Unified Theory of American Conservatism: namely, that we must govern in such a way that nobody ever get what they don't rightfully deserve.
Revan Tranter of Berkeley, reminds us that none other than the esteemed J.K. Galbraith once said:
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.
Interestingly enough, despite nearly 34,000 Google matches for this quote, it doesn't appear to have a source.
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