On many issues, Conservatives have more in common with ideological liberals than we do with the business interests that come to Washington looking for a handout. Our goal should be to persuade the Left — to use clear failures we agree on, like ethanol — to demonstrate that Big Business will always come to Washington for handouts until Washington stops giving them altogether. Each new handout is the next ethanol, the next sugar — and once you've started giving a handout, it never ends.
Read the whole thing. I may disagree with Freddoso on many things, but he's one of the reasons that reading The Corner is far from a waste of time.
Your proselytizing is working. I may have to add The Corner to my list o' feeds. Good article, and good for Freddoso for his honesty.
ReplyDeleteAnd speaking of honesty, I was amazed at this post -- shows the data, and offers no lame rebuttal to reality.
ReplyDeleteGood grief - I'm a cheerleader for The Corner!
ReplyDeleteI'll redeem myself with the observation that for each Freddoso or Derb or Ponnuru, there are a couple of Mark Steyns and K-Los.
Yup. Which is why I haven't been able to get myself to add The Corner to my regular reading rotation. But I guess I'll try subscribing, and if the posts' authors' names show up in the feed reader, maybe that'll be an adequate filter.
ReplyDeleteI also don't think you should feel bad about recommending a conservative source. I am always on the lookout for good ones. They just seem hard to find among all the wingnuttery and same-old-same-old talking points.