Couldn’t agree with you more about Jonah.
Some of these Never Trumpers are just showing themselves to be the hacks they always were underneath their fine words.
But I read Liberal Fascism twice and it still has a place on my bookshelf.
Jonah had the right stuff. Now he’s joined the hacks. Who got to him?
Or is he so impressed by this own intellect that he can’t understand that the new Great Communicator talks with a Queens accent?
Yeah, exactly. And it’s like, okay, Jonah, so you were all principled and stuff and held to the Buckley tradition of decorum and whatever, but for crying out loud, look at what this warrior Trump is up against. Can we not overlook his stylistic sins and instead be cognizant of the wall of pure evil (I don’t know what to call it but evil) that he’s facing down pretty heroically?
And it’s not just Jonah but the whole Nation Review crowd, with a few exceptions. I had a subscription to the print version up until 7 or 8 years ago. I love(d) Nation Review but they are so mired in utter wrongness that I can’t stand to read them any more. It’s a complete tragedy. In the abstract sense it is fascinating because you realize that smart people are capable of getting it totally wrong. Which ultimately validates the wisdom of our founders in wanting to avoid concentrated power.