Ross’ post on the Bacevich-Linker-Deneen debate makes a good point: It always struck me that the small coterie of intellectuals surrounding First Things were exceedingly unlikely candidates for the role Linker cast them in – a near-existential threat to the liberal order, etc. – but at least he was overhyping people who had some claim … Continue reading The Radical Menace Of Restraint And Humility