Ask Not What They Want You to Hear
24 April 2007
Editor, The Washington Times
To the Editor:
I enjoyed Robert VerBruggen's review (April 24) of Steven Landsburg's latest book, More Sex is Safer Sex. Like Mr. VerBruggen, I've long admired Landsburg's ability to spot the essence of issues. One of my favorite examples of this ability appears in Landsburg's 1997 book, Fair Play, where he paraphrases the most celebrated line from JFK's inaugural address, stripping away the romantic veneer and revealing its ignoble core: "Ask not what I can do for you. Ask what you can do for me."
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Editor, The Washington Times
To the Editor:
I enjoyed Robert VerBruggen's review (April 24) of Steven Landsburg's latest book, More Sex is Safer Sex. Like Mr. VerBruggen, I've long admired Landsburg's ability to spot the essence of issues. One of my favorite examples of this ability appears in Landsburg's 1997 book, Fair Play, where he paraphrases the most celebrated line from JFK's inaugural address, stripping away the romantic veneer and revealing its ignoble core: "Ask not what I can do for you. Ask what you can do for me."
Sincerely,
Donald J. Boudreaux
Chairman, Department of Economics
George Mason University
Posted by Don Boudreaux on
Tuesday December 4, 2007 at 9:33am