> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Jeffrey Fisher <jeff.jfisher at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > "Libertarians" citing Ayn Rand is like evangelicals and their fondness
> for
> > CS Lewis, except that Lewis was both smarter and a better writer. But as
> > Carrol says, if it weren't Rand, it would be someone else. Hayek,
> probably,
> > when we're lucky, although honestly the comparison seems grossly unfair
> to
> > Hayek?
> >
>
> Hayek is too nuanced to serve that kind of role. Rothbard, maybe?
>
Is it wrong of me to feel a little bit relieved that I don't even know Rothbard?
:-)
j