There was no intellectual movement in American history called social Darwinism. The people who were supposedly the leaders of the social Darwinist movement never embraced something called social Darwinism. It didn't exist. Jonah Goldberg americancalldarwinism share on social
If you spend any time in Washington you'll find nerds. What happens is most of them sublimate their fixations with comics, or baseball cards, or 1960s British comedies to policy minutiae and political arcana. But, like Christians in ancient Rome, you can still spot them if you know the signals. Jonah Goldberg 1960sancientarcana share on social
The problem with the United Nations is that while democracy within nations is the best available form of government, democracy among nations can be a moral disaster - especially if some nations are not democracies. Jonah Goldberg democracydisasterform share on social
And it's the President of the United States who said he wasn't going to spike the football and all this, we shouldn't gloat about it, running campaign ads, gloating about it and saying the other guy isn't good enough to do the tough things that I did, which I think is, one reprehensible. Jonah Goldberg campaignfootballgloat share on social
The premise of my book is that everyone is a bit ideological to some extent. Everyone comes from a ideological perspective. Jonah Goldberg bitebookextent Change image and share on social
Social distinctions tend to matter only at your own level and above. Jonah Goldberg distinctionlevelmatter Change image and share on social
I would also say Barack Obama has spent much, much, much, much more money than the Republicans. Jonah Goldberg barackmoneyobama Change image and share on social
Getting the support of Syria is the moral equivalent of winning the Klan's endorsement - it might be useful but it doesn't necessarily speak well of you. Jonah Goldberg endorsementequivalentklan Change image and share on social
Obama did inherit a deficit when he came into office. Why this fact justifies racking up vastly more debt and bigger deficits is a logical mystery. Jonah Goldberg bigdebtdeficit Change image and share on social
If power made one evil, then God would be the Devil. Jonah Goldberg devilevilgod Change image and share on social