And Another Thing . . .

HATE golf. It’s an old-fashioned, even Biblical hatred that is rooted almost entirely in envy—as opposed to modern “hate,” which, we are constantly told, is based on fear of gays or some other member of the Coalition of the Oppressed. I do not fear golf.

But I do admire Hootie Johnson. He’s the head of the Augusta National Golf Club who, despite intense pressure from feminist groups and propagandistic media coverage, is standing in the clubhouse door barring women from joining. Augusta has a mere 300 or so members, and their net worth is, by rough calculation, well in excess of the GDP of Belize (then again, Augusta member Jack Welch’s personal GDP alone trumps that of Belize).

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Jonah Goldberg

Jonah Goldberg is a National Review contributing editor.

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HATE golf. It’s an old-fashioned, even Biblical hatred that is rooted almost entirely in envy—as opposed to modern “hate,” which, we are constantly told, is based on fear of gays or some other member of the Coalition of the Oppressed. I do not fear golf.

But I do admire Hootie Johnson. He’s the head of the Augusta National Golf Club who, despite intense pressure from feminist groups and propagandistic media coverage, is standing in the clubhouse door barring women from joining. Augusta has a mere 300 or so members, and their net worth is, by rough calculation, well in excess of the GDP of Belize (then again, Augusta member Jack Welch’s personal GDP alone trumps that of Belize).