March 20, 2008
Welcome Mr. Mamet
I had read several blog posts and references to David Mamet's Village Voice piece "Why I Am No Longer a Brain-Dead Liberal." It's always good to have somebody discover Thomas Sowell and Milton Friedman. I smiled and moved on.
Daniel Henninger writes about it today in his Wonderland column. His piece, as usual, is pretty good. But it got me to go to the source and read Mamet's piece in its entirety.
I am not going to excerpt it. Mamet is a writer and artist by trade, and he has written a work of art. It does not hurt that it highlights what I believe, but it is an honest, introspective finding of the values I cherish. He gets it -- whether he discovered it last week or last century.
Philosophy Posted by jk at March 20, 2008 11:47 AM
Mamet also produces an excellent military themed series on CBS called, "The Unit." I look forward to reading his entire essay.
Posted by: johngalt at March 25, 2008 3:00 PMEt tu, jg? I have heard nothing but complaints about rampant anti-Americanism on that show.
I tease my brother-in-law for watching it. While I have not seen it, he has shared a few plotlines with me and I have never heard such anti-corporate, anti-business nonsense.
I admitted that I haven't watched the show, am I wrong?
Posted by: jk at March 25, 2008 5:23 PMMethinks you are a victim of "spin." Sure there are bad guys who are Americans or CIA or corporate, but nothing that implies capitalism or liberty are the problem. And beside that, most of the really bad guys are AK-47 totin' foreigners.
Posted by: johngalt at March 26, 2008 3:49 PM | What do you think? [3]