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Hot Air » Top Picks —
... policy, which, even more than domestic affairs, is thought to be an intellectual exercise. It is for this reason that Barack Obama, who actually has far less experience in executive governance than Palin, was not dismissed as unprepared for the presidency. Palin may have been elected governor of Alaska, but his peers in Cambridge had elected Obama editor of the Harvard Law Review. He is thoroughly fluent in the parlance of the college town, and in the eyes of the new American elite, Washington is the ultimate college town .”
"The Meaning of Sarah Palin"
The American Scene —
... In a smart piece on Sarah Palin’s candidacy, Yuval Levin argues that the cleavage separating her backers and critics is owed to “the age-old tension between populism and elitism in our public life.” ...
YUVAL LEVIN: The Meaning of Sarah Palin….
Instapundit —
YUVAL LEVIN: The Meaning of Sarah Palin.
The Meaning of Sarah Palin
Hyscience —
... to Yuval Levin's essay at Commentary about Sarah Palin, saying it's too good to summarize, and that we should read the whole thing. ...
The Deep Meaning of Sarah Palin
Power Line —
... With a few months' perspective on last fall's campaign, Yuval Levin reflects on the political and social significance of the Sarah Palin phenomenon. Without trying to summarize, I'll just say that I agree with his analysis pretty much down the line, and urge you to read it all. ...
Best Essays of the Year: The meaning of Sarah Palin, elitism, etc.
Maggie's Farm —
... Superb essay by Yuval Levin at Commentary, h/t to many including Powerline and Insty. It's a Best Essay because it goes far beyond the immediate topic and taps into deeper political undercurrents. One quote: ...
She may not be dumb, but her blogging isn’t smart
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
... she’s smart… And anybody that thinks that this woman is stupid is just plain mean- spirited and wrong.”
Search engines are not that difficult to use. Really, they aren’t. Ms. Erbe concludes her attack on Sarah Palin with this:
Is she dumb? Well, let’s put it this way: She’s clearly no intellect.
Not so clearly and not so fast, Ms. Erbe. Consider this from Yuval Levin’s recent Palin essay:
She is the product of an America in which explicit displays of pride in ...
The Meaning of Sarah Palin
Wizbang —
... or counselors; they were good for nothing. We are, however, not the less obliged for your kind offer, though we decline accepting it. To show our gratefulness, if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care with their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them. " -- Canassatego, Iroquois chief of the Onontagos (Onondagas), from minutes of the Treaty of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 1744 A number of bloggers have linked to this superb essay on Sarah Palin written by Yuval Levin of Commentary Magazine. It's definitely ...
Yuval Levin
Sister Toldjah —
The Meaning of Sarah Palin
Fusionist or Liberaltarian?
The Next Right —
... in this age of champagne socialism, White House messiahs and big government fetishism. After all, that’s the only way we libertarians will continue to get a word in edgewise while speaking truth to power. We won’t get it by ingratiating ourselves to lefties and dropping comments about “dispersed knowledge” at cocktail parties. Such is not likely to impress those for whom equality of outcome is their first and last value.
Yuval Levin lays it out pretty well when he writes:
In American politics, the distinction between ...
Let’s Play “What If?”
The Sundries Shack —
... or who isn’t articulate lacks intelligence or common sense. By the time Obama figures out how to use the brakes, it will not matter. Say what you want about Sarah Palin, she does not ...
