Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism
by
John Derbyshire
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
To his fellow conservatives, John Derbyshire makes a plea: Don't be seduced by this nonsense about "the politics of hope." Skepticism, pessimism, and suspicion of happy talk are the true characteristics of an authentically conservative temperament. And from Hobbes and Burke through Lord...