The American political tradition
by Richard Hofstadter · first published 1967
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Just finished "Anthem" by Ayn Rand (it's like 100 pages so it only took a few hours) Started "The American Political Tradition" by Richard Hofstadter, pretty engaging history of our major politicians and founding fathers...
on “Ask HN: What was the latest book you read? ” ↗…values is one that need hardly trouble us." "... an unbridled passion for the total elimination of this or that evil can be as dangerous as any of the delusions of our time." I'm thinking of reading his "American Political Tradition" of "The Progressive Historians" when I finish this book. Highly recommended.
on “Anti-Intellectualism” ↗