by Jack Lee
I swear, I did not know about this book at the time I wrote my assessement about a faltering Republican Party. Then I heard Michael Tanner on the radio today and wow, it's all there.
Michael Tanner is the director of Cato's health and welfare studies, he heads research on new, market-based approaches to health, welfare and Social Security. His approach is based on individual responsibility rather than government control. His most recent book, Leviathan on the Right: How Big-Government Conservatism Brought Down the Republican Revolution (2007), chronicles the demise of the Republican party as it has shifted away from its limited government roots and warns that reform is necessary to avoid electoral defeat in 2008.
Let's hope those who can do something about it have gotten Michael Tanner's message.
The perfect bookend companion read might be Johah Goldberg's new book "Liberal Fascism." He writes brilliantly about what progressives have in mind for us.