Paul Rahe’s “Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift”

By: Victoria Coates (Diary)  |  June 16th at 08:10 PM  | 

I had the pleasure of speaking recently with Paul Rahe, who is the author of Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocquville and the Modern Prospect (Yale University Press: 2009). Professor Rahe’s book is the first of three that I will be recommending for summer reading in preparation for the RedState get-together in Atlanta on August 1st. Judging from the covers, this trio might not seem | Read More »