Ruling Class/Country Class Revisited

Angelo Codevilla could smile with pride.  Ross Douthat finally figured out that the good Professor is right.

Douthat references Bolingbroke.  Codevilla could have referenced G K Chesterton's "Hudge and Gudge".

Nothing new under the sun--except the growing and more surly resentment from the ruled.

By the way, Rand Paul owes no small debt to P J Buchanan and Ron Reagan.