Posted by
The Hermit Crab on Friday, August 29, 2008 1:13:41 AM
I noticed something odd happening at the History Book Club, of which I am a member. Lately I've noticed that they are offering books which examine modern Conservatism in a, shall we say, very critical light. Last month they even offered a book authored (perhaps) by Arianna Huffington, whose head I believe whistles on windy days. Having noticed this pattern continuing, I checked the website. In the Current Events category, I found 8-10 liberal books, and only two conservative titles (Mexifornia, by Victor Davis Hanson, and No Retreat, No Surrender, by Tom DeLay). They already have a book praising the "audacious" Senator Barack Obama, but do not have David Freddoso's more critical study of the hyper-liberal "Chicago pol". Interestingly, I was unable to find any way for members to send comments or suggestions on the selections offered by the editors.
I think I'll order the DeLay book just to annoy them. I am obligated to buy one more book anyway. By the way, when is Tom DeLay's trial going to start in Texas? I say "never". All Steve Earle's phony charges were designed to accomplish has already occurred -- the exit of conspicuously effective conservative leader DeLay from the House of Representatives. Justice had nothing -- NOTHING -- to do with it. Anyone who has followed the power-abusing career of the corrupt Earle has not been surprised by the course of these events.
This is, of course, another example of "O'Sullivan's Law". Coined by John O'Sullivan, former editor at National Review, the law states that "All organizations not expressly right-wing become left-wing over time." This is one of the fronts of the culture war that we on the right have neglected, and it continues to cost us in small ways, and in large as well.