[pepsionice]

I would almost mandate all of the 30-plus books that he wrote...be read by first-year college students. Absolute skeptic on any good will or achievements ever coming out of Washington DC. Graduated high school at 15. Just all-round knowledge in everything.

[Viking2002]

There was no political correctness in his day. He spoke unvarnished truths from a first person perspective. As I said, he could wordsmith an observation that could piss off so many across the universal spectrum, you would walk away wondering if you were libertarian hermit from another planet. But he makes you think for yourself. That is a human trait we are sorely lacking in 2020. He was considered a 'conservative' in his time, but not what we identify with in many facets.