BY JOE CONASON Let nobody accuse the Tea Party enthusiasts of lacking intellectual sophistication, no matter what their favorite candidates might say about evolution, civil rights, masturbation or alcohol prohibition. According to The New York Times, the movement’s reading list includes works of political economy by such right-wing thinkers as Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich von Hayek and Frederic Bastiat. [And never mind that some of them are reading Glenn Beck’s favorite crank, the late Cleon […]
The Ideologies Behind The Ideologues
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