The Burden of Bad Ideas: How Modern Intellectuals Misshape Our Society
If there were any justice in the world, Mac Donald would be knee-deep in Pulitzer Prizes and National Magazine Awards for her pioneering work. (David BrooksThe Weekly Standard)A startlingly valuable book, whether you lean left or right. (Michael PakenhamBaltimore Sun)Spirited, stimulating, eloquent...The Burden of Bad Ideas is social, cultural, and political criticism of the first order. (Jonathan YardleyReview Of Higher Education)Among discussions of urban malaise, where so much hot air has been recycled, this book has the freshness of a stiff, changing breeze. (Allen D. BoyerThe New York Times)Insightful, articulate, provocative, and most importantly, valid. (Richard LammThe Wall Street Journal)Mac Donald is the indispensable journalist...if you question that characterization, you havenít read her work. (George Will, winner of the Pulitzer Prize)