Calvin Coolidge, David Brooks and the Limits of "Meritocracy", by John Derbyshire

[Adapted from the latest Radio Derb, now available exclusively on VDARE.com] Last week, Mrs. Derbyshire and I attended the centenary celebration in Vermont of the ascent to the Presidency, in the early morning hours of August 3rd, 1923, of Calvin Coolidge, who subsequently went on to sign the 1924 Immigration Act, the moratorium model for...