Fitzgerald, de Montesquieu and America
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
It is possible to be educated and to be ignorant at the same time. I didn’t realize how many geniuses I had as in-laws and relatives.
De Montesquieu wrote in The Spirit of the Laws that the genius of American Democracy is the balance of the executive, the legislative and the judiciary.
When is the last time that happened?