This Confused Conspiracy Theory Gets the Agrarians All Wrong

Democracy in Chains by Nancy MacLean, which has become a surprising bestseller, purports to be a study and exposi(C) of the "radical right's stealth plan for America." But to anyone who knows something about the subject she covers, the book serves an unintended function. It is a study in the wild paranoia and recklessness of a fanatic academic ideologue who can't tell shiz from shoe polish.