Gene Healy’s attitudinal forebear

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I’m reading my friend Gene Healy’s great new book, The Cult of the Presidency, and it reminds me why I like him so much. In describing founding-era Pennsylvania Senator William Maclay, Gene could be describing himself:

The Maclay that emerges from the journal is a dyspeptic grouch, the sort of personality that too few people properly appreciate. Yet, as doctrinaire and exacting as Maclay could be, he was also funny and irreverent. He didn’t take himself overseriously, and thus found it impossible not to laugh at his self-important colleagues.

You can pre-order the book from Amazon, and stay tuned to Gene’s triumphant return to blogging on his new site designed by yours truly.

Mar 9, 2008 | Comments | Tags: , ,

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