Getting the support of Syria is the moral equivalent of winning the Klan's endorsement - it might be useful but it doesn't necessarily speak well of you. Jonah Goldberg endorsementequivalentklan Change image and share on social
But it is one of these sort of mythologies about America and its intellectual history, that the right embraced this thing called social Darwinism, when it never did so. Jonah Goldberg americacalldarwinism Change image and share on social
Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony. Jonah Goldberg championfearfine Change image and share on social
If you spend any time in Washington you'll find nerds. What happens is most of them sublimate their fixations with comics, or baseball cards, or 1960s British comedies to policy minutiae and political arcana. But, like Christians in ancient Rome, you can still spot them if you know the signals. Jonah Goldberg 1960sancientarcana share on social
But if the choice is a cool president and 8 or 10 percent unemployment in a declining economy and a country that seems to be going in the wrong direction and structural unemployment for young people at 50 percent, I'd rather have a dorky president who fixed those problems. Jonah Goldberg choicecoolcountry share on social
The premise of my book is that everyone is a bit ideological to some extent. Everyone comes from a ideological perspective. Jonah Goldberg bitebookextent Change image and share on social
Social distinctions tend to matter only at your own level and above. Jonah Goldberg distinctionlevelmatter Change image and share on social
I would also say Barack Obama has spent much, much, much, much more money than the Republicans. Jonah Goldberg barackmoneyobama Change image and share on social
Obama did inherit a deficit when he came into office. Why this fact justifies racking up vastly more debt and bigger deficits is a logical mystery. Jonah Goldberg bigdebtdeficit Change image and share on social
Republican politics have been off-kilter for several years now because a large segment of the conservative base does not look back fondly on the Bush presidency. Jonah Goldberg backbasebush Change image and share on social