Paul Rahe is crazy smart, on this there can be no debate. He wrote one of my favorite essays ever written — on American and the Godfather (I wrote about it years ago). Rahe’s got a new book out on “Soft Despotism.” I have it and plan to read it when I get a chance. In the meantime, here’s Rahe on John Miller’s “Between the Covers.”

Liberal Fascism pops up in the second question.