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The Unbroken Thread, Ahmari, an editor at the
New York Post, defends traditional ways of thinking by asking pointed questions that reveal the deficiencies of our modern worldview. But the state of tradition is surely not “unbroken” it could be more accurately characterized as “hanging on by a thread.” The tenuous state of tradition makes it important to drag out the buried thesis of Ahmari’s book: We need a counterelite.
The Unbroken Thread: Discovering the Wisdom of Tradition in an Age of Chaos, by Sohrab Ahmari. Convergent, 320 pp., $27.
The Unbroken Thread reminds us that everything worth conserving must be constantly reaffirmed. It begins with Ahmari’s admission of his wariness of what the West has become. “I have come to believe that the very modes of life and thinking that strike most people in the West as antiquated or limiting can liberate us, while the Western dream of autonomy and choice without limits is, in fact, a prison.” Ahmar
absolutely. that you had to keep people watching. but they did great journalism while they were also entertaining. you know, i always felt that mike wallace s career, the roots in night beat, his interview show when you saw the smoke curling, the black and white interview show, with so many people from the theater world, really formed the basis not for the gotcha chase journalism, you know, those memorable moments as well, but for the way he drew out nancy reagan, barbra streisand, you know, all of those figures, in that part of the world. that had a lot to do with it. and, you know, he knew edith davis. his friendship with nancy reagan was rooted in his friendship with her mother. so they went way, way back. yet you saw that interview that you played earlier where he went after nancy reagan, and went after ronald reagan when he was running first as governor and then for the presidency. but went after nancy reagan for their post presidential trip to japan where they were paid $
and this time, his name is bubba. good morning. it s monday, april 9. welcome to morning joe. with us on set, we have msnbc and time magazine s mark halperin. also financier steve rattner. and editor of the new yorker david realmna. a lot to get to this morning. so i m watching bubba watson, never taken lessons, one of the masters. and he s crying. he lost his dad last year. and all there s a just adopted a baby. all these great stories. and my phone starts ringing, you know, when he s breaking down and they re putting on the green jacket. and it s like, what s with these guys running around with green jackets and they re crying? i want to see 60 minutes. well, i didn t understand. you didn t understand what that was. no. can you explain the significance of the masters? we re not crying over a ball. we re not talking about the buick lesabre open in like youngstown. this is the masters. like no other. mika, you missed two of the greatest golf sh