Masochistic America
23rd November 2018
Released last Saturday, this year’s list of American Rhodes Scholars is a remarkable document. For, judging by the moral values evidenced in it, we’d hardly know that these rather accomplished young people are Americans.
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There’s little in this document that represents a desire to help Americans. On the other hand, we read sentence after sentence about doing good for foreigners, immigrants, women, people of color—all the usual victims.
Bill Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar.
Robert Reich was a Rhodes Scholar.
Strobe Talbot was a Rhodes Scholar.
Cory ‘Spartacus’ Booker was a Rhodes Scholar.
Mommas, don’t let your babies grow up to be Rhodes Scholars.